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GPT-5.6's new Sol, Terra, and Luna tiers go head-to-head with Grok 4.5, Claude, Meta's Muse Spark, and the open-weights crew on a raycaster, a Rubik's cube, a calculator, and Game of Life. Here's every build, with cost and latency.

Former Apple employees took confidential information to OpenAI to advance the AI company’s device efforts, Apple claims.

The two companies struck a deal in 2024 to offer A.I. services on Apple devices, but their partnership has soured.

Our article 'Fighting the AI scraper bot scourge', published in early 2025, discussed the probl [...]

Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, accusing the company of trade secret theft. Specifically, Apple alleges that its...

Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy elements, where relativity makes the rules.

The injured passenger was taken to hospital, with other guests accommodated on a replacement aircraft.

It could mean faster internet for rural customers, but not everyone is happy.

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An open-source recompiled-Chromium stealth engine, driven by a Python framework and an MCP server.

At the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market, Jessica waits in line. She is slouched forward in the characteristic fentanyl fold, supporting her weight by leaning heavily on a wire pushcart. At the front of the line, she produces her Calfresh EBT card. The farmers’…

Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.

GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a Linux kernel vulnerability found by VEGA that exists in every major distribution since 2011. Triggering the bug does not require any special kernel config or privilege. By turning it into a 97% stable privilege escalation and…

A federal labor law judge determined last week that the software maker Atlassian had illegally fired an employee who questioned company policy changes.

Just for the pleasure, a selection of vintage control rooms dating back to the Soviet era! A beautiful collection of control rooms filled with large buttons and analog dials, long before the democratization of computers and screens.

Where should your auth token live so an XSS bug can't steal it? Here's how to build auth that survives the crazy non-secure world we live in.

Bulgaria's highest court has ruled that civil site blocking is legally impossible under current national law.

For the heaviest users, tokenmaxxing is losing its appeal