“We thought that’s probably the one that’s least likely to pop up,” Geisbert says. “We guessed wrong.” Concerned by that knowledge gap, in 2011 he decided to modify a vaccine, which led to the crab-eating macaque study. In the same study, he also finally tested a blend of existing ebola vaccines on the Bundibugyo strain,…
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is…
Learning C can still be useful in 2026, especially if you want to understand how software works at a closer-to-hardware level. C remains widely used in systems programming, embedded software, operating systems, and performance-sensitive applications. It can also make it easier to learn other programming languages because many share concepts influenced by C. Free tutorials…
Researchers have discovered a vulnerability with older iPhones that Apple can’t patch. The team at Paradigm Shift, an independent European cybersecurity firm, published its findings on the flaw, which it calls usbliter8, on its blog on Thursday. Researchers exploited flaws in the USB controller and the device’s firmware to override the boot process (when the phone…
Which Apple Pencil Should You Buy? Photograph: Julian Chokkattu The Apple Pencil is a must-have for any iPad owner who takes a lot of notes or likes to draw. (You can even use it to sign documents.) iPadOS also has handwriting support within certain search fields and apps (like Notes), so you don’t need to…
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has agreed to be sold to enterprise software company Elastic for up to $85 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Deductive, which was founded in 2023, came out stealth last November when it announced a $7.5 million seed…
Major economies are moving to reduce dependence on foreign-controlled technology supply chains. Australia has not yet made that shift at scale, but it is increasingly exposed to markets that have. The European Commission announced its European Technological Sovereignty Package last week, the most recent expression of this gradual shift. The US has already legislated billions into domestic semiconductor manufacturing…
TL;DR: Amazon has slashed the Samsung 32-inch Odyssey G5 (G50F) QHD gaming monitor to $189.99, down from its $329.99 list price. $189.99 at Amazon $329.99 Save $140 In a world where buying the components for a gaming PC is an increasingly pricey task, Amazon is still delivering major monitor deals when you know where to…
A report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has highlighted regulatory failures that allowed OceanGate’s unregistered, unflagged, and uncertified Titan submersible to operate out St. John’s, Newfoundland, for years before it imploded on a tourist trip to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023. “When it came to the Titan, critical information existed across multiple federal…
According to Bloomberg, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has, in a series of recent meetings, told senior ASML executives he’s concerned that one of the Dutch chipmaker’s extreme ultraviolet lithography machines — the EUV systems that are the only tools on Earth capable of printing the most advanced semiconductor patterns — may have ended up…
