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Malicious extension to AI software development assistant Cursor contained malware. It silently executed PowerShell scripts, installed remote access tools, and stole $500K in crypto from a blockchain dev. securelist.com/open-source-...

Wow — banning AI tools in coding actually increased performance among experienced programmers, according to their own perception as reported in the survey. They believed they were 20% more productive, while in reality, their performance dropped by 19%? metr.org/Early_2025_A...

Fun moment at this evening's @eff.org function. Amid people chattering about who made it into town and who they are seeing in attendance, this happened... me: "Heh, I even spotted some joker sporting a 'Mike Godwin' name tag" @marciahofmann.com: "That's the *actual" Mike Godwin" me: "lolwat" 😂

Fun moment at this evening's @eff.org function. Amid people chattering about who made it into town and who they are seeing in attendance, this happened... me: "Heh, I even spotted some joker sporting a 'Mike Godwin' name tag" @marciahofmann.com: "That's the *actual" Mike Godwin" me: "lolwat" 😂

I was testing a theory with Grok when an internal error cause it to break and reveal that it searches both my account and Elon Musk's for posts on a given issue before responding. While any reference to Elon Musk is left out of the "thought process" window, reference to my account are not. 1/2

Do you want violence in the streets? Because that's how you get violence in the streets...

I think that mostly depends on your definition of "animals" and "alive."

I look forward to them incinerating that much cash. If they were really serious about results, they'd 20x that amount.

This should win an award.

An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug and the humans that made it (and Rust is here too) despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2...

You know you're a true Vim user when you accidentally try to navigate a website with hjkl. And then get frustrated when it doesn't work.

Straight up: if my kid died because Noem was playing politics with spending for EMERGENCY F*CKING SERVICES while overseeing the Federal *EMERGENCY* Management Agency, and couldn't be bothered to sign the budget request for 3 f*cking days, she'd never be safe again while I was free and breathing.

I'm not sure how people wrote go before generics existed

Using X, Tesla, whatever else winds up integrating Grok.

Just announced: Keynote speakers for #OSSummit India 🇮🇳 include leaders from The Linux Foundation India, Amazon, Beckn Protocol, Digi Yatra Foundation and more! 🗓️ Aug 5 | Hyderabad, India 🎟️USD $85 early bird ends July 22 www.linuxfoundation.org/press/the-li...

Big thanks to Malwarebytes for sponsoring my blog this week! Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks phishing, ads, scams, and trackers for safer, faster browsing www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard...

OK, I guess that finally answers the parody or not question.

I joined @knibbs.bsky.social and @laurengoode.bsky.social to answer @wired.com listener questions on this week's Uncanny Valley podcast. Lauren thanked me for my thoughtful answers, so you should not let them go unlistened. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

After 2 great events in China, we've been looking for more places to share the #defcon hacker spirit with the world. First up is Bahrain. We’re taking part in the Arab International Cybersecurity Conference (AICS) Nov. 5-6, 2025. 2-day trainings Nov 3-4. Details here: defcon.org/html/defcon-...

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It is delusional to think that live streaming at a protest demonstrates violent intent, but I guess that's where we're at.

It is delusional to think that lives at a protest demonstrates violent intent, but I guess that's where we're at.

#defconmovienight returns Saturday at 8pm PDT with ‘Reservoir Dogs’. Do your best slo-mo skinny-tie cool-walk over to the #defcon discord (discord.gg/defcon) for some film and fellowship. We’ll be hiding out in the movie-night-text channel.

So weird to realize that about 6 years ago, almost to the day, I decided to go to defcon for the first time. I had been embraced by hacker twitter due to BADASS, and it was SO STRANGE being this known person in this huge subculture that had existed without my knowledge for so many years.

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Who's going to SummerCon in NYC tomorrow and Saturday? 👀

I’m in a WhatsApp group for Security Copilot with business execs and pattern for months has been exec joins during pilot kickoff, says Security Copilot is amazing, then comes back a month later and asks if anybody knows how to optimize it, then reappears two months later asking how to justify it 😅

I’m in a WhatsApp group for Security Copilot with business execs and pattern for months has been exec joins during pilot kickoff, says Security Copilot is amazing, then comes back a month later and asks if anybody knows how to optimize it, then reappears two months later asking how to use justify it

I think one of the least understood parts of right-wing grifting is that the people they're grifting is usually the left. They basically don't feel shame, so they will happily get owned just for the exposure and engagement. Quote posts are reposts, so it still spreads their message 1/3

A Raspberry Pi CM5 laptop. Would you like to know more?

Never expected Nick Adams to end up in US politics. I remember when he started out on Twitter. He was pretty irrelevant until he pivoted to this weird right-wing grifting strategy where he'd farm engagement by deliberately self-owning in a way that the right wouldn't notice but the left would. 1/2

The most important thing people need to understand is you cannot rely on FAFO with MAGA. They are incapable of thought or reason, therefore cannot ever find out. They could be sat in front of a firing squad they voted for and still justify voting for it because it hurt people they didn't like.

Take me back to the days when yelling in an enthusiastic but slightly weird way would end someone's entire political career.

It is madness that someone would use AI to summarize a *legal contract* because it's the nuance that matters. This of course is before we even think about hallucinations...

This is an amazing article.

NEW from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social: Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government. www.wired.com/story/next-s...

A leaked document of the new organizational chart of the German Ministry of Defence reveals newly established administrative divisions — including branches focused on cyber capabilities, information operations, and military expansion.

Inside you there are two cats

I'm a reporter at WIRED, and I'm wondering if anyone out there initially hesitated to vaccinate their kid against measles but has changed their mind during the current outbreak. I'd love to speak with you for a possible story: [email protected] or emullin.06 on Signal.

Germany is preparing to introduce a new model of military conscription, with the possibility of making service mandatory in 2026. While the initial framework defines basic service as voluntary, the government will be able to mandate it without declaring a state of emergency.

As always, Matt made this pice 10x better – digging up new info and making everything watertight. Gonna miss working with him!

Mood

Open source AI is powering trusted and inclusive systems across the globe. A new LF Research report with GOSIM and Eclipse Foundation charts a path for global collaboration, digital sovereignty, and responsible innovation. 🔗 linuxfoundation.org/research/glo... #OpenSourceAI #AI #DigitalSovereignty

No no no it has to be a WHITE kitten

NEW: France authorities have reportedly arrested Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, who is accused of being part of a ransomware group by the U.S. government. techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/f...

New, by me: U.K. authorities have confirmed the arrest of four alleged hackers behind the recent U.K. retail hacking spree earlier this year targeting Marks & Spencer, Harrods, and the Co-op. The hackers are allegedly linked to Scattered Spider; one of the suspects is aged 17.

i cry a lot but i am so productive??? (im not)

Apparently it's not okay to tell some clients they're on a "snipe hunt" no matter how ridiculous their proposed course of action is...

This is a handy tool which adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched or copy-pasted github.com/ocrmypdf/OCR... #opensource

"For when you need to (Sieg) Heil a taxi..."

It's that time again--I need a reader question for my WIRED newsletter/column Plaintext. Ask away people! Just imagine the thrill of having your question highlighted in pixels on the WIRED website not to mention landing in the inbox of many thousands.

This still won't be enough to get Roberts and Thomas to stop tasting that sweet, sweet, boot leather...

You know how you could teach people about refugees? Taking them in as (checks notes) refugees. This is not something we need AI for. www.404media.co/the-un-made-...

I grew up super conservative and just took this as fact. Then I started running EMS in the city responding to calls in housing projects. It was not AT ALL a thing that was happening. That was decades ago, but I doubt it's any more true today.

One of my favorite pieces to fact check at @wired.com, involving polo, billionaires, scouring YouTube for old matches at the Campo Argentino del Polo & thousands of pages of court documents and trial transcripts. Plus, being able to work with @mattreynolds.bsky.social.

FIRST MAJOR DATA BREACH OF JOB APPLICANTS WHERE AI IS USED IN HIRING? 64 MILLION records from McDonald's! Data secured with password "123456". Chatbot "Olivia" serving 90% of franchises collected names, phones, emails, addresses, and other data. www.wired.com/story/mcdona...

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Hare is a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust. ⤵️ Hare Lang Homepage harelang.org Hare by Example harebyexample.org

NEW: Meet DOGE 2.0 Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government. read @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social:

Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones! www.wired.com/story/clonin...

95% of organizations say technical training is key to retaining talent Build skills build success. www.linuxfoundation.org/research/tec... #TechTalent #OpenSource #LFEducation

DOGE didn't disappear. In fact, it's everywhere now: www.wired.com/story/next-s...

If you're going to announce that your event is under "Chatham House rule," please know what the Chatham House rule is. It does not mean off the record. It means I can quote what anyone in the room says -- I just can't identify by name or affiliation who said them.

"Georgia Rep. Mike Collins dismissed The Washington Post’s report from Sudan as merely hypothetical. "'If a frog had wings, he wouldn’t bump his butt,' Collins responded to NOTUS when asked about the deaths. 'I don’t go off of "ifs."'"

I want to know where all these able bodied unemployed 35 year olds are playing video games in their parents' basements claiming government benefits are. I seriously have never heard anyone in my social circle describe this as a situation they're dealing with. Ever.

Elon Musk has left government but DOGE has gone nowhere essential reporting by @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/next-s...

Build an LED scoreboard using an RGB Matrix and CircuitPython! This indoor game lets you shoot hoops and display your score on an LED Matrix. Guide: learn.adafruit.com/led-matrix-s... #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/tu0vUvM2PGo

Advanced persistent teenagers are your biggest operational threat, part 68.

Someone told me yesterday that they prefer deterministic computing to AI because AI has "too much bias." Oh buddy do I have some uncomfortable news for you about the people who make the choices that go into coding those deterministic algorithms...

If you're providing services to ICE, and it could be something as simple as parking a food truck* at their building, congratulations: you're a collaborator. * If you're feeding them known spoiled food or something of that ilk, then in that case, you get a pass as a saboteur (and deserve an award).

An incredible story!

Code evolves, and devs/IT pros spend time studying diffs. Delta tool aims to make this both efficient and enjoyable: it allows you to make extensive changes to the layout and styling of diffs, as well as allowing you to stay arbitrarily close to the default git/diff output github.com/dandavison/d...

My final piece for @wired.com A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews. Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses. www.wired.com/story/clonin...

Censorship is one of the most powerful means of control.

Alert fatigue kills.

One minute you're advocating for open-source freedom, the next you're troubleshooting why your proprietary NVIDIA drivers broke your display manager on Linux. 😭 Such is a life

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Perplexity’s CEO said the company’s web browser is designed to track users across the web to build detailed profiles and sell hyper-personalized ads. The browser is to monitor browsing habits, shopping activity, travel and dining interests, and time spent on sites, etc.

Perplexity Comet appears to refer to the general privacy policy. So if I'm not mistaken, Perplexity Comet users agree to share their web browsing data uses like below. That's not a great starting point ;-)

Are you seriously going to let Perplexity Comet use AI-assisted login to your accounts — email and others — containing private data? What are the security and privacy guarantees? I haven’t seen any details published on this.

Perplexity has released an AI-powered web browser. Auditing it for security and privacy won’t be easy — it’s based on Chromium. OpenAI's web browser is also on Chromium. Also, good luck keeping up with timely security updates. Being a browser vendor is no small feat. :)

death stranding 2 is out so it’s a good time for a reminder that the plot of this franchise is my roman empire