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2026-06-04

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OpenAI News Jun 3 Score 0.9750000000000001

OpenAI public policy agenda

OpenAI outlines its public policy agenda for AI, including safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and global standards to ensure AI benefits society.

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Krebs on Security May 18 Score 0.9750000000000001

CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github

Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA syste

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Krebs on Security May 21 Score 0.9750000000000001

Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster 'Dort' Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada

Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)

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OpenAI News Jun 3 Score 0.9750000000000001

Introducing new capabilities to GPT-Rosalind

GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.

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Schneier on Security May 29 Score 0.8999999999999999

Friday Squid Blogging: Another Squid

Someone named "Squid" seems to be a " West Country legend ." As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Blog moderation policy.

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Foreign Policy Jun 3 Score 0.8999999999999999

What to Know About Ethiopia’s Election

Abiy’s all-but-certain victory threatens to destabilize the African nation.

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Quanta Magazine May 26 Score 0.8999999999999999

When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive

Earth’s largest volcanic system, hidden in mountain chains under the sea, has long been assumed to erupt only quietly. The shallow seafloor off Iceland tells another story. The post When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive first appeared on Quanta Magazin

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Schneier on Security Jun 2 Score 0.8999999999999999

Microsoft Threatening Security Researcher

An anonymous security researcher called "Nightmare Eclipse" has been publishing a series of significant security exploits against Microsoft Windows—including one that breaks BitLocker. Microsoft has threatened legal action against the researcher. Lots of

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Quanta Magazine May 28 Score 0.8999999999999999

How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun

Over hundreds of years, increasingly sophisticated instruments have revealed — and continue to reveal — the secrets of our star. The post How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Schneier on Security Jun 3 Score 0.8999999999999999

AI Used to Decrypt Medieval Ciphers

Researchers are using machine learning algorithms to decrypt historical pencil-and-paper ciphers.

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Foreign Policy Jun 3 Score 0.8999999999999999

India’s Cockroach Movement Gains Momentum

A satirical political party has tapped into the discontent among unemployed youth.

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Quanta Magazine May 29 Score 0.8999999999999999

Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required

Do we need quantum computers to fully understand complex chemical reactions? A new result, decades in the making, shows the surprising power of ordinary “classical” machines. The post Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required first appeared

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Quanta Magazine Jun 3 Score 0.8999999999999999

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.

In holographic theories, physicists may have traced the pliability of space-time to its quantum roots: a measure of quantumness known as “magic.” The post Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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