Communications of the ACM

A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust

Programmers learning Rust struggle to understand own\x02ership types, Rust’s core mechanism for ensuring memory safety ...

Built for a hostile internet: Canonical VP of Engineering on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Built for a hostile internet: Canonical VP of Engineering on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ...
MUO on MSN

Linux keeps getting faster and more stable, and this programming language is why

Let your machine Rust a bit.

Claude Mythos signals a new era in AI-driven security, finding 271 flaws in Firefox

The AI exposed hundreds of bugs in Mozilla’s web browser, raising hopes around defensive advantage, alongside fears of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Did Neanderthals Have Language? New Research Suggests They Had the Genetic Hardware For It, Like Humans

Specific genomic regions that seem to play a role in human language development evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, before humans and Neanderthals diverged from a common ancestor, a new study ...
Electronic Design

Vibe Coding: Advantages, Costs, and Perils

Though I’ve recommended that you avoid vibe coding for embedded systems, I’ve been using chatbots to help with my programming ...

Kyber ransomware gang toys with post-quantum encryption on Windows

A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant ...
Dark Reading

20-Year-Old Malware Rewrites History of Cyber Sabotage

Researchers have long considered the Stuxnet attacks on Iran's nuclear centrifuges in Natanz to be the opening chapter of ...

In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble ...

Tesla signals over $25B 2025-2026 CapEx as it targets Optimus production by late July/August and Robotaxi in a dozen states by year-end

Tesla framed 2026 as an investment-heavy year, with CEO Elon Musk saying, "We're going to be substantially increasing our investments in the future so you should expect to see significant -- a very ...