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Article A 4B model outplans Postgres
A 4B model proposes faster Postgres query plans, but the validation gate and fallback - not the model - are what make the 81% speedup safe to run.
Rubble where the records used to be
A cloud provider states some Middle East data cannot be restored after a strike - what permanent loss means for board-level accountability and recoverability.
The merged Claude isn't about a smarter model
Merging Claude Cowork and chat removed the seam that forced discipline. Now structured workflows, not prompts, decide whether your AI work holds up.
The page never leaves your laptop
Run Mistral's multilingual models locally via Mozilla llamafile to tier web automation: cheap private steps stay local, hard reasoning escalates to the cloud.
Baseten lost production GitHub admin in 25 minutes
Admin access to Baseten's production GitHub was reached in 25 minutes. A briefing on the identity boundary that failed and what the number means.
Every new feature makes iOS 27 less safe
iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 concentrate risk at one point: whether a capability re-checks identity at execution, not at the moment consent was captured.
One attacker, three rivals, zero coincidence.
One actor is tied to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta incidents. The confirmed failure is collapsed separation, not any single company's controls.
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- Apple's Reference Image: cryptographically verified photos on iPhone 18 Pro
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- Capsule bundles AI-generated web apps and their SQLite data into one shareable file
- Coordinated track sabotage paralyzes Dutch rail by spoofing signaling systems
- Devs reverse-engineer Apple's M4 GPU for Linux in a month, using an LLM as co-driver
- Dream-RSI Lets AI Agents Self-Improve by Replaying Their Own Discovery History
- EU floats first-ever 'associate member' status for Canada as US ties fray
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