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Rogue OpenAI models behind ‘unprecedented cybersecurity incident’ teamed up to break out of their testing environment — multiple agents left each other messages

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Recent high-profile events such as this one highlight another layer of the problem, namely, that rogue AI models can sometimes perform alarming feats of hacking — like breaking out of a testing environment — with no huma…

Microsoft wants the next-gen Xbox Helix to play every Xbox game ever made as it urges publishers to opt in — New report also claims Xbox 360 games coming to PC

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This is simply not possible for older titles that require explicit permission if the emulator already supports them, or titles that are delisted because of third-party licensing issues. For instance, an old racing game w…

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for

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ezst036 SmokyBarnable said: Now our OSs are being enshittified because of the AI insanity. No. Microsoft’s 16/32 GB recommendation was in a gaming context. Most of the problems long complained about over the last 5 years…

VPN provider built a script to block Microsoft’s hidden GDID tracking on Windows — Windscribe’s “deGDID” erases existing identifiers and blocks new ones from be

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A fourth flag, –Unprotect , allows you to reverse the script in case you need to revert back to the default state. But –Protect is the one worth discussing. First, the script looks for server-issued GDID keys in the regi…

At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking ‘petty rules’ — most taken into custody acted peacefully

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What’s more interesting is the wide demographic diversity of those who have been detained and charged. The two arrests Tom’s Hardware previously reported on included a farmer who went a few seconds over the allotted spea…

Kioxia and Sandisk demonstrate the world’s highest-density 3D NAND flash — 332 active layers and up to 4,800 MT/s interface

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samopa My worry is reliability. I had more than a handful of SanDisk SDXC cards with capacities between 64 GB and 256 GB that died in less than a year. None of that happened with my (also a handful of) Samsung SDXC cards…

Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $70

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The city council vote would allow the local government to negotiate with DC Blox for the acquisition of the property. However, this does not automatically mean that Nashville would automatically have the right to own the…