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THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026, 14:02

Science/Tech

Google Publishes Exploit Code Threatening Millions of Chromium Users

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch programming interface, a standard that allows long videos and other...

SpaceX discloses finances for first time in plan for $1.75tn stock market debut

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via The Guardian

Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite operations company, with extensive contracts with US, to go public next month

SpaceX unveiled its plans to list publicly on the US stock market Wednesday, disclosing its investor prospectus and revealing details about its financials for the first time. Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite operations company will go public next month at a valuation of around...

RHEL 10.2 Released With New AI Command Line Assistance

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Red Hat has released RHEL 10.2 and 9.8 with new AI-assisted command-line tools. The releases also add updated developer toolchains such as Go 1.26, LLVM 21, Rust 1.92, Python 3.14, and PHP 8.4. Phoronix reports: Red Hat Enterprise Linux has introduced the goose command for power users. Goose is an optional CLI AI assistance with model context protocol (MCP) integration. There is also improved...

GitHub’s Internal Repos Breached Via Employee’s Use of Malicious VS Code Extension

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader Himmy32 writes: GitHub has announced on X that their internal repositories have been breached through a compromised VS Code Extension on an employee’s workstation. Bleeping Computer reported that the attack is linked to TeamPCP who have been in the news for a recent campaign affecting Checkmarx, Trivy, SAP, TanStack, and Bitwarden. The group appears to be attempting to...

Anna’s Archive Hit With Global Domain Takedown Order

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A coalition of thirteen major publishers has won a massive $19.5 million default judgment against shadow library Anna’s Archive. A New York federal judge fully approved the publishers’ requests, issuing a broad permanent injunction that orders more than twenty specific global registries, hosts, and service providers to immediately disable...

Seagate Sparks Memory Sell-Off As CEO Says It Would ‘Take Too Long’ To Build New Factories

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Seagate CEO Dave Mosley said Monday that building new memory chip factories or adding capacity would “take too long” to keep up with AI-driven storage demand. “If we took the teams off and started building new factories or bringing up new machines, that would just take too long. You would end up with more capacity, but then you’d slow the rate of growth on that technology,” Mosely said. CNBC...

Solayer Expands Into Multi-Asset Trading With Launch of Margin Trade

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Tech Financials

Built on Solana, Margin Trade combines unified margin, real-time execution, and multi-asset exposure within a single trading environment SAN FRANCISCO, Ca, May 19, 2026 — Solayer today announced the rollout of the public testnet for Margin Trade, a new Solana-native perpetual trading platform designed to support unified margin across multiple asset classes, including crypto, commodities, […]

Diagnostic Orders Direct Launches Affordable $40 Virtual Diagnostic Order Consultations Across 30 States

Yesterday at 19:42 PM, via Tech Financials

LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES— Diagnostic Orders Direct has launched a patient-focused telehealth service designed to make diagnostic order consultations more affordable, accessible, and convenient for patients across 30 states and jurisdictions. The service offers $40 virtual consultations for patients seeking provider review for diagnostic imaging, EKGs, laboratory testing, and specialist...

Yearslong Fight Over Users’ Right To Tweak Smart TV Software Heads To Trial

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

A long-running lawsuit over Vizio’s Linux-based smart TV software is headed to trial in August, with the Software Freedom Conservancy arguing that GPL rules require Vizio to release complete source code owners could use to modify, maintain, or strip ads and tracking from their TVs. Ars Technica reports: The outcome could reverberate across the industry. Because many of today’s popular smart TV...

Regional Winners of Prestigious Literary Prize Suspected of Using Chatbots

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

The 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is facing backlash after several winning entries were accused of being AI-generated, with one Caribbean winner’s story flagged as fully AI-written by a detector that WIRED says it independently confirmed. From the report: Each year, the Commonwealth Foundation, a nongovernmental organization in London, awards its short story prize to one writer in each of...

Pharos Network Partners with Licensed Payments Provider KUN to Tokenize Supply Chain Credit and Enable Real Cross-Border Payments On-Chain

Yesterday at 17:31 PM, via Tech Financials

Hong Kong – Pharos Network, a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for real-world financial applications, today announced a strategic partnership with KUN, a licensed enterprise digital payments specialist operating across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The collaboration aims to tokenize supply chain credit assets (such as trade invoices and receivables) and build efficient...

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