Mythos found 271 Firefox flaws – but none a human couldn’t spot Mozilla CTO says AI means developers finally have a chance to get on top of security The Mozilla Foundation has revealed it tested Anthropic’s bug-finding “Mythos” AI model and feels the results it experienced represent a watershed moment for software defenders.…

Mythos found 271 Firefox flaws – but none a human couldn’t spot

Les enjeux techniques et réglementaires des smartphones connectés aux satellites Les constellations de satellites permettent aux smartphones de se connecter depuis quasiment n’importe où et sont une alternative aux antennes des réseaux mobiles dans des zones blanches. Reste un problème de taille : les ondes utilisées doivent être harmonisées au niveau mondial car elles ne connaissent pas les frontières. Si la quasi-totalité des échanges mondiaux […]

Les enjeux techniques et réglementaires des smartphones connectés aux satellites

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Got comments to share on cases like Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents, Cox v Sony, or Pelham II? Thoughts on the UK GOV's report on Copyright and AI?
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Pastiche or cliché? What Pelham II might mean for AI outputs

Regular readers will know that I have been interested in the pastiche exception for a while now, mostly because it has always struck me as the most underused exceptions under modern copyright law in Europe and the UK. Perhaps it is not…

Gov.uk says AI gaslighting Brits with stale Gov.uk data • The Register : Whitehall content teams play whack-a-mole with zombie pages as Google hoovers up the lot

AI overviews pulling in through RAGs old gov pages that are there for archiving and poserity, wreaking havoc. DoE advises to “design w/ the expectation that much of what we publish will be [..] atomized, summarized or reinterpreted by systems we don't control”
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France’s digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead Après ça, le déluge, as plans call for move away from plenty more American software and hardware France’s Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) will drop Windows desktops, and adopt Linux instead.…

France’s digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead

Les ayants droit veulent augmenter la copie privée et lorgnent sur les ordinateurs Il n’y a pas que le prix des composants mémoire qui augmentent, il y a… le montant de la copie privée. Les représentants des ayants droit ont mis sur la table leurs propositions de nouveaux barèmes censés refléter l’évolution des usages. Au programme : forte hausse sur les produits déjà touchés, et extension aux ordinateurs […]

Les ayants droit veulent augmenter la copie privée et lorgnent sur les ordinateurs

Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed Publisher claims misconfigured Salesforce-hosted page leaked data Textbook giant McGraw Hill has landed on a ransomware crew's leak site after an alleged Salesforce-linked misconfiguration spilled 13.5 million records into the wild.…

Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed

FSF to OnlyOffice: You Can't Use the GNU (A)GPL to Take Software Freedom Away Nextcloud joined a project to create a sovereign replacement for Microsoft Office called "Euro-Office". But after that project forked OnlyOffice, OnlyOffice suspended its partnership with Nextcloud. "They removed all references to our brand/attribute as required by our license," argued OnlyOffice ...

FSF to OnlyOffice: You Can't Use the GNU (A)GPL to Take Software Freedom Away

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Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto SAN FRANCISCO—Following reports that a 20-year-old man had been arrested for throwing a Moltov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home, the suspect stated Monday that he only initiated the attack because he was...

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Indonesia’s game rating system paused amid claims it leaked developer creds and glimpses of major new titles PLUS: India bins ID app pre-install plan; Robot wins Beijing half-marathon; AI writing Manga speech bubbles; and more! Asia In Brief  Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has suspended the nation’s game rating system (IGRS) after claims the service leaked developer creds and video of unreleased games.…

Indonesia’s game rating system paused amid claims it leaked developer creds and glimpses of major new titles

Brave Browser Introduces 'Origin', a Pay-Once 'Minimalist' Browser The Brave browser "has introduced Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its browser that removes built-in monetization features like Rewards and other extras tied to its business model," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli" The stripped-down browser is available either as a separate browser down...

Brave Browser Introduces 'Origin', a Pay-Once 'Minimalist' Browser

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The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad Years before the figure skater became an Olympic superstar, a Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and monitored other US residents deemed dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.

Years before the figure skater became an Olympic superstar, a Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and monitored other US residents deemed dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning. www.wired.com/story/the-we...

I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns Passing the buck, and the blame, down the road shows lack of AI companies' maturity OPINION  AI vendors: "You need to use AI to fight AI threats (and do everything else in your corporate IT environment)." Also AI vendors: "That's not a security flaw; it's working as intended."…

I meant to do that! AI vendors shrug off responsibility for vulns

Exciting announcement alert! Our 2027 Annual Conference will be held at Strathclyde Law School @lawstrath.bsky.social and
Hosted by the fantastic Prof. Guido Noto La Diega @guidonld.bsky.social Can’t wait to see everyone in Scotland (Exact dates TBC).

Over the moon! The top law & technology conference in the UK and Ireland will come to Scotland next year - it's been 32 years since Strathclyde hosted it and 9 years since a Scottish university had such a privilege. Going to BILETA changed my career, I'm sure many have similar stories to share!

Piratage : la riposte graduée (loi Hadopi) menacée au Conseil d’État Le rapporteur public au Conseil d’État va réclamer l’abrogation d’une disposition centrale du dispositif destiné à lutter contre la copie illicite de films et musiques sur les réseaux de pair-à-pair.

Piratage : la riposte graduée menacée au Conseil d’État
Suite au recours de @laquadrature.bsky.social (& co) le rapporteur public va réclamer l’abrogation d’une disposition #Hadopi centrale pour la lutte contre les échanges de films & musiques en P2P. @linforme.com
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Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board Shifting priorities and budget pressures could bring an end to the company’s experiment in independent governance, sources say

"Meta has told members of its independent Oversight Board that the company may stop funding it after 2028, sources familiar with the situation told Platformer."

"[T]he agent can exercise far more control over people's computers than even the most clear-eyed reader of contractual terms might suspect. It retains lots of your data and is even willing to hide its authorship from open-source projects that reject AI."

Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans A persistent agent, stealth "Undercover" mode, and... a virtual assistant named Buddy?

Observers digging through over 512,000 lines of code across more than 2,000 files have discovered references to disabled, hidden, or inactive features that provide a peek into Anthropic's potential roadmap.

They thought they were downloading Claude Code source. They got a nasty dose of malware instead Source code with a side of Vidar stealer and GhostSocks Tens of thousands of people eagerly downloaded the leaked Claude Code source code this week, and some of those downloads came with a side of credential-stealing malware.…

They thought they were downloading Claude Code source. They got a nasty dose of malware instead

"The bill is [supported by] tech manufacturer [which have] interests in manufacturing things like routers, server equipment, and computers and stand to profit if they can control who fixes their products and the tools, components, and software used to make those upgrades and repairs."

Artemis II Mission Fails After Astronauts Miss Connection Rocket In Atlanta ATLANTA—Forced to call off the approximately $4 billion journey around the moon due to unforeseen delays experienced by its four-member crew, NASA confirmed Thursday that the Artemis II mission failed...

“We thought we had enough time to stop for a Cinnabon, but before we knew it, we were sprinting across the terminal in our space suits and the rocket had already fired up its thrusters to leave orbit,” said Cmdr. Reid Wiseman

Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid Sounds like an excellent time to start honing your Debian skills Exclusive  An internal memo dispatched by senior execs at Red Hat suggests the software biz is starting to push AI tooling within its Global Engineering department. RHEL may be about to get some Windows 11-style "improvements."…

Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid

Anthropic goes nude, exposes Claude Code source by accident Oopsy-doodle: Did someone forget to check their build pipeline? Would you like a closer look at Claude? Someone at Anthropic has some explaining to do, as the official npm package for Claude Code shipped with a map file exposing what appears to be the popular AI coding tool's entire source code.…

Anthropic goes nude, exposes Claude Code source by accident

Gorafi Magazine : Les 193 destinations à éviter en ce moment www.legorafi.fr/2026/04/03/gorafi-magazi...

Screenshot of two Outlook icons, one icon is labelled Outlook (classic).

I can relate.