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Scammers Exploit Microsoft's Account Notification Address to Blast Phishing Emails
Spammers have spent months abusing msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com — the internal address Microsoft uses to deliver 2FA codes and account alerts — to p
Trump Mobile confirms customer data was exposed via third-party provider
Trump Mobile has acknowledged that customer information — including names, email and mailing addresses, phone numbers, and order IDs — was publicly accessible o
Turning an old laptop into a distraction-free writerdeck with Debian and tmux
A writer repurposes an aging System76 Galago Pro into a dedicated writing machine by stripping away the modern desktop entirely. Instead of running a window man
A desk split in two: separating digital work from analog thinking
A developer describes reworking his home office around two changes. First, he rotated the desk to face the room rather than the wall after noticing every histor
A One-Page Site Asks the Question Nobody Wants Answered: Is AI Profitable?
A minimalist single-page site, isaiprofitable.com, poses a pointed question without offering an answer beyond its title. The framing alone has resonated on Hack
Anna's Archive courts LLMs with bulk-download pitch and donation ask
Anna's Archive, the shadow library that mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, and other preservation projects, has published an llms.txt file directly addressing AI
Anthropic's Project Glasswing finds 10,000+ critical bugs in core software
Anthropic's Project Glasswing, launched a month ago with roughly 50 partners, has used the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model to surface more than 10,000 hi
C# 16 Redesigns `unsafe` Into a Reviewable Contract, Borrowing from Rust
Microsoft is reworking C#'s `unsafe` keyword from a syntactic marker for pointer features into a propagation-oriented safety contract, closer to how Rust and Sw
CISA Scrambles to Rotate Keys After Contractor Leaks Secrets on Public GitHub
A CISA contractor with admin access to the agency's code platform published AWS GovCloud keys and dozens of internal credentials to a public GitHub profile call
Cringely Returns After Three-Year Hiatus, Teases AI Architecture Patent
Veteran tech columnist Robert X. Cringely has resumed writing after going silent since 2022. He spent the intervening years co-founding 2Brains, an AI startup w
DeepSeek Locks In 75% Price Cut on V4 Pro API After Promo Ends
DeepSeek is converting what had been a temporary 75% discount on its V4 Pro model API into the permanent list price. When the promotion ends on May 31, 2026, th
Deno 2.8 ships audit fix, deno ci, deno pack, and drops the npm: prefix
Deno 2.8 lands a batch of new subcommands aimed at making the runtime a more credible drop-in for the npm toolchain. The headline addition for security-consciou