Debian Permits AI Tools for Code Contributions

A report posted to 0xcc.io describes a privilege escalation path in Omarchy that allows every user-level process to obtain root credentials.

Meta is running trials of robots to perform maintenance work normally assigned to technicians inside its facilities.

Chinese DRAM producer CXMT argues in court that its chips follow standard civilian JEDEC specifications and should not be treated as defense hardware.

Chinese-made humanoids competed in boxing routines and sprints at the second World Humanoid Robot Games, where mechanical failures drew attention amid the wider US-China technology contest.

Assembly Bill 1856 grants a blanket exemption to software released under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, sparing Linux distributions and similar projects from the Digital Age Assurance Act that takes effect in 2027.

New survey shows clear public resistance to proposals that would give officials keys to private messages.

Rumors of an AI health coach in a redesigned Health app point to a possible launch with the Series 12 and Ultra 4, yet no firm timeline exists.

California residents who exercised their legal right to obtain personal data from companies frequently received deletion notices instead.

Dan Luu's post titled "Bug Blindness" appears on the Hacker News front page with 158 points and 65 comments.

Sony Music and Warner Chappell Music accuse Anthropic and its founders of running a deliberate operation to copy protected recordings without permission.

A recent Windows 11 preview update has left users unable to adjust mouse settings and triggered repeated false warnings from Microsoft Defender about disabled antivirus protection.

Pixel 11’s Tensor G6 processor makes the practical difference between a TPU and a GPU visible in everyday phone use.

Investors, founders, and operators at the Nordic conference found that questions of control over artificial intelligence dominated every major discussion.

Apple has added Meta AI support to CarPlay through the conversational apps framework introduced in iOS 26.4, placing a third-party option in vehicles before the company's own Siri AI reaches iOS 27.

Running a large language model on a personal computer creates a private digital assistant that avoids sending queries to third-party services.

A portal backed by open-source advocates supplies legal templates that let buyers seek refunds for pre-installed Windows 11 without first erasing the drive.

Wired reports that leading AI companies are flagging an imminent wave of AI-driven attacks that could outpace current defenses.

OpenAI will terminate model access for the AI coding tool now that SpaceX owns it.

OpenAI will terminate its partnership with the AI-coding agent Cursor following the tool’s acquisition by SpaceX.

Chinese memory chip maker CXMT Corp. asks a US court to remove it from a Defense Department list that flags the company as supporting China’s armed forces.

Tomer Weingarten appeared on The Close to address company results and the effects of artificial intelligence on security operations.