The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, repositories, and extensions on GitHub, npm, and VSCode/OpenVSX extensions. Evidence ...

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

These days, most high-profile games are impossible to play without purchasing. But Slay the Spire 2's developers haven't just bucked that anti-piracy trend: they've punt it into the stratosphere. And ...

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition. The agency is ...

A world that runs on increasingly powerful AI coding tools is one where software creation is cheap — or so the thinking goes — leaving little room for traditional software companies. As one analyst ...

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Margarita Vladimirova used to work for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. A seemingly minor decision handed down last week by the Administrative Review Tribunal may open the door ...

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers ...

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Wegmans acknowledged using facial recognition technology for security in a limited number of stores. The company states the technology is only used to identify ...