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Adobe releases an emergency ColdFusion security update which fixes a zero-day RCE flaw used in the wild, after its July 11 fix was marked incomplete by Rapid7 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Adobe releases an emergency ColdFusion security update which fixes a zero-day RCE flaw used in the wild, after its July 11 fix was marked incomplete by Rapid7 — Adobe released an emergency ColdFusion security update that fixes critical vulnerabilities, including a fix for a new zero-day exploited in attacks.

Solenoid Keyboard Sounds Very Much Like a Typewriter

Mechanical keyboards are muchly adored things. For many of us, they take us back to that loud clickity-clack that was so common before consumer keyboards went to membrane switches. For others, it’s just for the pure joy of the finger-powered symphony. The solenoid edition of the Red Herring keyboard from [Ming-Gih Lam] understands the beauty

Sources: Google is testing an AI-powered tool to produce news stories, pitching it to news orgs including NYT, WaPo, and News Corp as a helpmate for journalists (New York Times)

New York Times: Sources: Google is testing an AI-powered tool to produce news stories, pitching it to news orgs including NYT, WaPo, and News Corp as a helpmate for journalists — The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times …

Tencent CEO Pony Ma pens an op-ed backing Chinese pledges to revive the private sector; Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun also endorsed the policies in a separate editorial (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Tencent CEO Pony Ma pens an op-ed backing Chinese pledges to revive the private sector; Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun also endorsed the policies in a separate editorial — – Pony Ma becomes most prominent backer of Xi’s policies — China’s third-richest person rarely voices his views

In Llama 2’s commercial terms, Meta says companies with 700M+ MAUs must request a license, and users are prohibited from utilizing Llama 2 to improve other LLMs (Arun Padmanabhan/Moneycontrol)

Arun Padmanabhan / Moneycontrol: In Llama 2’s commercial terms, Meta says companies with 700M+ MAUs must request a license, and users are prohibited from utilizing Llama 2 to improve other LLMs — Although Meta has announced that it will open-source its LLM and allow free usage for commercial and research purposes …

Adobe releases an emergency ColdFusion security update which fixes a zero-day RCE flaw used in the wild, after its July 11 fix was marked incomplete by Rapid7 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Analysis: tweets about CVEs, which peaked before Elon Musk took over, show a steep decline in recent months, suggesting the infosec Twitter community has shrunk (Jay Jacobs/Cyentia Institute)

Jay Jacobs / Cyentia Institute: Analysis: tweets about CVEs, which peaked before Elon Musk took over, show a steep decline in recent months, suggesting the infosec Twitter community has shrunk — “Infosec twitter” has been used to describe the vibrant, active and often enthusiastic community of security practitioners working in and around the industry.

Beijing-based ForwardX Robotics, which makes autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, raised an additional $30M on July 7, bringing its Series C total to $61M (Mike Oitzman/The Robot Report)

Mike Oitzman / The Robot Report: Beijing-based ForwardX Robotics, which makes autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, raised an additional $30M on July 7, bringing its Series C total to $61M — ForwardX Robotics, a global leader in vision-based AMR technology, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its latest funding round …

$500 Million: The Price of AI Dominance

Qualtrics, the cloud-based platform for managing online customer experiences, has announced plans to invest $500 million in AI over the next four years. This significant investment comes alongside the launch of its new AI-integrated platform, XM/os2, which aims to revolutionize enterprise experience management. In this article, we will explore the rise of generative AI investments,

Beijing-based ForwardX Robotics, which makes autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, raised an additional $30M on July 7, bringing its Series C total to $61M (Mike Oitzman/The Robot Report)

3D Printer Recognizes Third-Party Build Plates, Just Make Your Own ID Codes

The Bambu X1C 3D printer is a machine known for its speed, and it has a number of useful features like automatic build platform recognition. Factory build platforms are marked with an identifier code, and thanks to [elumspe] it’s now possible to make your own identifiers to stick onto third-party platforms and have the printer

Sources: Samsung has begun the development of a smart ring, the so-called Galaxy Ring, using circuit boards made by Japan’s Meiko (Gijong Lee/The Elec)

Gijong Lee / The Elec: Sources: Samsung has begun the development of a smart ring, the so-called Galaxy Ring, using circuit boards made by Japan’s Meiko — Device to offer health information to wearers Samsung has started the development of a new smart device that will come in the form of a ring, TheElec has

Netflix is sticking to ‘sports-adjacent’ streaming instead of live sports, for now

Image: Netflix There seems to be a lot of focus on streaming live sports, but based on comments from Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, it appears the company plans to largely stay out of that game for the moment. “We really think that we can have a really strong offering for sports fans on Netflix without

Tesla’s Ambitious Expansion Plans for Berlin Factory

The world-famous electric vehicle maker Tesla plans to build a new factory not far from Berlin. Tesla is committed to moving forward with its ambitious plans to increase battery cell production and overall capacity in Europe, despite recent efforts to scale up operations in the United States. The local environment ministry and water authority have

Impact of Mentors to Help Founders Navigate the Challenges of a New Startup

Compelling mentorship that provides industry insight and rich personal experience can foster an ecosystem that nurtures and grows startups in a manner that allows them to reach their fullest potential,” writes Dr. Yousef Al Hammadi, Executive Director of The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) The United States is renowned internationally for its booming startup

Apple’s ChatGPT Rival Is Coming Soon

In a recent report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, it has been revealed that Apple is making significant strides in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to compete with industry leaders like Open AI and Google. The tech giant has created an AI chatbot, internally referred to as “Apple GPT,” which showcases Apple’s commitment to

Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Changes to the Reddit API have forced beloved apps like Apollo to shut down, and following the protests, mods are feeling threatened by Reddit. Continue reading…

They made a movie of that nightmarish ‘Dear David’ Twitter thread, and yes, there’s a trailer

Screenshot by Alex Cranz/The Verge Back in 2017, illustrator and former BuzzFeed employee Adam Ellis penned a truly terrifying multi-month Twitter thread about his home potentially being haunted by a tiny ghost child. I reread the thread just before writing this article, and I’d like to confirm that even six years later, it is supremely

Tesla in discussion to license Full Self-Driving software to another automaker

Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge Tesla is in “discussion” to license its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver-assist technology to another major automaker, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. He did not reveal the name of the company, though he did say that licensing FSD was always part of the plan. “We’re not

Samsung’s GDDR7 Memory Chips Are So Fast, They’ll Blow Your Mind

Samsung has once again solidified its position as an industry leader with the introduction of the world’s first GDDR7 memory chips. These cutting-edge chips represent a significant leap forward in memory technology, offering unprecedented speed, capacity, and efficiency. In this article, we will explore the groundbreaking features of Samsung’s GDDR7 memory chips, their potential applications,

Blizzard nerfs Diablo IV character builds ahead of new season launch

Mom took away your favorite toy because she said you weren’t playing fair. | Image: Blizzard Nothing brings together a community of gamers quite like a balancing patch to their favorite numbers-go-up game, does it? That’s what Blizzard’s new version 1.1.0 patch is doing for Diablo IV players, and the chorus being sung in unison

Tesla’s Cybertruck is less than 19 feet long so it can fit in your garage

A Cybertruck being tested “around the world” for final certification and validation. | Image: Tesla Tesla revealed new measurements for its long-delayed Cybertruck in its Q2 earnings report. The polarizing truck will be less than 19 feet long and will have a bed that’s longer than six feet, which is shorter than Ford’s best-selling F-150

Windows computer randomly restarts? Here’s how to fix it

Short of critical components dying or losing data, one of the worst things on a Windows PC is a random restart. At best it’s extremely inconvenient, and at worst you might lose all your progress on a critical task, forcing you to do the work over again. Below we’ll explore the potential causes of restarts

In an earnings call, Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing its FSD software and hardware to other carmakers and is “already in discussions” with a major OEM (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: In an earnings call, Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing its FSD software and hardware to other carmakers and is “already in discussions” with a major OEM — “We’re not trying to keep this to ourselves” ~ Tesla CEO Elon Musk. — In a surprise announcement during Tesla’s …

Tesla starts production of Dojo supercomputer to train driverless cars

Image: Tesla Tesla says it has started production of its Dojo supercomputer to train its fleet of autonomous vehicles. In its second quarter earnings report for 2023, the company outlined “four main technology pillars” needed to “solve vehicle autonomy at scale: extremely large real-world dataset, neural net training, vehicle hardware and vehicle software.” “We are

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