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ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent spacecraft to code bug • The Register

ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent spacecraft to code bug • The Register

The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31. ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded READ MORE The probe, which was launched in April 2023, began giving controllers the silent …

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Google tests QR code verification for text messages

Google tests QR code verification for text messages

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you’re communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, 9to5Google reports. The feature is currently available in beta. An end-to-end encryption card isn’t anything new, but verifying the encryption meant seeing an 80-digit …

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Google Messages beta rolling out QR code key verification 

Google Messages beta rolling out QR code key verification 

As previewed last year, Google Messages is beginning to roll out QR code-based key verification to confirm that you’re “communicating with the person you intend to.”  Once available, open a conversation in Google Messages and open the Details page by tapping their name in the app bar. The End-to-end encryption card has been around for some time, but tapping “Verify …

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Linux Primed For Significant Performance Gains With Kernel Swap Code Overhaul

Linux Primed For Significant Performance Gains With Kernel Swap Code Overhaul

A patch series posted overnight that is part of a larger planned rework for the kernel to introduce a “Swap Table” is poised to bring significant real-world performance gains to the Linux kernel. Kairui Song of Tencent posted the initial phase of patches for introducing a Swap Table and for it to serve as the kernel’s swap cache. This stems …

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Next year’s Apple Watch could add Touch ID, per leaked code

Next year’s Apple Watch could add Touch ID, per leaked code

We’re just weeks away from the unveiling of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch Series 11. But leaked Apple code has now revealed a big new feature that could be coming to next year’s Apple Watch lineup: Touch ID support. Touch ID support might come to 2026 Apple Watch line Last week, Macworld published two articles based on leaked …

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The ‘Obfuscated C Code Contest’ Confronts the Age of AI

The ‘Obfuscated C Code Contest’ Confronts the Age of AI

This year’s International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) returned after a four-year hiatus, saw a record 23 winning entries due to the unusually high number of high-quality submissions. The winning entries showcased the masters of the C language, with one program containing invisible Unicode characters to print a salmon recipe, and another that rickrolled the judges with an 8-bit music …

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Deals: Stack Your PS5, PS4 Savings with a 5% Off PS Store Discount Code – Push Square

Deals: Stack Your PS5, PS4 Savings with a 5% Off PS Store Discount Code – Push Square

Deals: Stack Your PS5, PS4 Savings with a 5% Off PS Store Discount Code  Push Square PlayStation launches massive Gamescom sale with PS5 and PS4 games from $4 — here’s 12 deals I’d buy this weekend  Tom’s Guide Silent Hill 2 back at $30 Amazon all-time low (Nearly 60% off), PlayStation gamescom sale now live w/ over 3,500 titles, more  9to5Toys PlayStation Store’s …

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Apple Code Confirms Vision Pro With M5 Chip

Apple Code Confirms Vision Pro With M5 Chip

Apple is working on a next-generation version of the Vision Pro with an M5 chip, according to code accidentally shared by Apple and discovered by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Rumors of a Vision Pro 2 with an updated M-series chip have been circulating since last year, but there was some confusion over which chip the device would use. Apple analyst …

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The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

If there’s an upside to this fragility, it’s that the new work exposes what happens when you steer a model toward the unexpected, Hooker said. Large AI models, in a way, have shown their hand in ways never seen before. The models categorized the insecure code with other parts of their training data related to harm, or evil — things …

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Claude Code is all you need – Hacker News

Claude Code is all you need  Hacker News How Anthropic Dogfoods On Claude Code  Cloud Native Now New Claude Code Update : Adds Ability to Assign AI Models to Your SubAgents  Geeky Gadgets Claude Code and the Future of Programming: A Paradigm Shift in How We Build Software  Security Boulevard How 3 Founders Use Claude Code to Supercharge Productivity  geeksugar.com Source link

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