New Shai-Hulud attack trojanizes 19 science-focused PyPI packages

Hackers compromised 19 packages on the PyPI, collectively downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, in a new Shai-Hulud ...

Code Puppy: Walmart's secret weapon against AI lock-in

Walmart's viral Code Puppy AI tool helps avoid vendor lock-in, cut costs, and reduce dependence on Claude Code and Codex.

Fake Claude Code Installers Deliver Credential-Stealing Malware

Fake Claude Code install sites are pushing malware that steals API keys, developer credentials, crypto wallets, and other ...

PewDiePie Is Here to Offer You Privacy Assurances in the Age of AI

Yes, the once-most-subscribed person on YouTube-turned-edgelord-turned-semi-retired dad vlogger has a new AI workspace and ...
CoinDesk

DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, onetime OpenZeppelin founder says

CORRECTION (May 27, 3:51 pm ET): Corrects headline and story throughout to say Manuel Aráoz is a former CTO and co-founder of OpenZeppelin who departed in 2019. An earlier version of the article ...
PC Magazine

Want to Vibe Code? Use ChatGPT Instead of Claude

I vibe coded with both Claude and ChatGPT, and the latter is just the better tool right now. It causes fewer headaches and generates more reliable results. I’ve been writing about consumer technology ...
Microsoft

CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments

Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS ...
PC World

Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw lets anyone hijack system privileges. Update ASAP

PCWorld reports that a critical Linux vulnerability called ‘Copy Fail’ (CVE-2026-31431) allows unprivileged users to hijack system privileges by altering cached files. This straight-line logic flaw ...
The Verge

Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help

Some distributions have already released patches or mitigations for the exploit, including Arch Linux and RedHat Fedora. Some distributions have already released patches or mitigations for the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch

VS Code 1.118 ships a suite of token efficiency features -- including prompt caching with 93% reuse rates and a tool search tool with up to 20% token savings -- just two days after GitHub's ...
The New York Times

Anthropic’s Leaked Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era

Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore? By Meaghan Tobin Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Sigrid Jin was waiting to ...
NBC News

Anyone can code with AI. But it might come with a hidden cost.

Anyone can code using AI. But it might come with a hidden cost. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Over the past year, AI systems have ...