AMD publishes machine-readable ISA so frontier models can write its GPU kernels
3 hours ago
- AI drove Shopify back to clean code by requiring easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback.
- Anthropic introduced Opus 5 at half the price of its Fable sibling, and it doesn't require data retention.
- AMD's ROCm.AI uses code optimization to surpass Nvidia's CUDA moat.
- Tech leaders wrote a letter to the US government about the value of open weight AI.
- AMD and Cerebras partner to compete against Nvidia's Groq LPUs.
- Russians pose as Signal support for phishing; US takes down Iranian propaganda sites.
- Microsoft's SharePoint patches failed, leaving it vulnerable to zero-day attacks.
- DEF CON's Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure.
- EQT bought a majority share in Acronis at over $3.5 billion valuation.
- Mikko Hyppönen notes ransomware is ongoing after a decade, but infosec careers are stable.
- GNOME's new 'Simple-taskbar' allows a Windows-like interface without extensions.
- Final release of Debian on x86-32 with versions 13.6 and 12.15.
- Baddies exploit extension bugs in Joomla websites with perfect CVSS scores.
- Frame is a new X11 server implemented directly in assembly.
- Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland optionally.
- KDE Plasma 6.6.6 marks a change, with Wayland coming in version 6.8.