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Claude Haiku 4.5 Delivers Frontier-Level Coding Power at a Third the Cost and Twice the Speed

Claude Haiku 4.5 Delivers Frontier-Level Coding Power at a Third the Cost and Twice the Speed

Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash Think of it this way: five months ago, Anthropic released a coding model so capable, they called it one of the best in the world. Now they’ve managed to squeeze nearly all that power into a lighter, faster, and shockingly cheaper version called Claude Haiku 4.5 — and it’s […]

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“Imminent Threat”: Nation-State Hackers Breach F5 Networks, Put Thousands of Critical Systems at Risk

“Imminent Threat”: Nation-State Hackers Breach F5 Networks, Put Thousands of Critical Systems at Risk

A stealthy breach, stolen source code, and urgent warnings from US cybersecurity officials — here’s what we know about the F5 intrusion and why it matters Image by Peter Conrad on Unsplash If you’ve never heard of F5, that’s kind of the problem. F5 isn’t a consumer brand. It’s infrastructure — the digital plumbing behind

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Nvidia’s ,000 Desktop AI Rig Packs a Whole Lot of Power Into a Tiny Box

Nvidia’s $4,000 Desktop AI Rig Packs a Whole Lot of Power Into a Tiny Box

Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash A small computer that runs huge AI models right on your desk? Nvidia’s new DGX Spark makes that happen — no server farm required. So, Nvidia just dropped something kind of wild: a tiny desktop computer that can handle seriously big AI models — as in hundreds of billions of

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How a  Billion Cryptocurrency Scam Used Romance, Forced Labor, and Fake Investments to Exploit Thousands

How a $15 Billion Cryptocurrency Scam Used Romance, Forced Labor, and Fake Investments to Exploit Thousands

Photo by Kanchanara on Unsplash What happens when romance, high-tech scams, and modern slavery collide? You get one of the largest crypto fraud busts in recent history—$15 billion seized, and a criminal empire built on lies, manipulation, and human suffering. Let’s talk about what just happened. An Unfolding Crypto Scam Fueled by Forced Labor Federal

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Signal Just Took an Elephant-Sized Leap Toward a Quantum-Safe Future

Signal Just Took an Elephant-Sized Leap Toward a Quantum-Safe Future

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash When we talk about cybersecurity, most of us are thinking about viruses, hacking, maybe password leaks. But there’s another looming threat creeping quietly through the background: quantum computers. Yep, those ultra-powerful, not-yet-widely-available machines that could, one day, crack the encryption we trust to keep our digital lives private. That

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Hackers Can Now Steal Your 2FA Codes and Messages on Android in Under 30 Seconds—Even Without Permissions

Hackers Can Now Steal Your 2FA Codes and Messages on Android in Under 30 Seconds—Even Without Permissions

Photo by Mark Aliiev on Unsplash Think your Android phone is safe just because you’ve got 2FA? Not so fast. A newly discovered vulnerability affecting Android devices can secretly steal sensitive data—like two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, private messages, even your location timeline—without needing any special permissions. And it can pull this off faster than your

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Can You Trust ChatGPT to Pick Your Stocks? Here’s What Experts and Users Are Saying

Can You Trust ChatGPT to Pick Your Stocks? Here’s What Experts and Users Are Saying

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash The next big thing in DIY investing might already be in your browser — but should you really be asking ChatGPT what stocks to buy? According to a global survey by the trading platform eToro, about 13% of individual investors are already using AI tools like ChatGPT or Google’s

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ChatGPT Pulse Wakes Up Before You Do and Preps Your Morning Updates — Here’s How It Works

ChatGPT Pulse Wakes Up Before You Do and Preps Your Morning Updates — Here’s How It Works

Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash If you’re the kind of person who wakes up overwhelmed by a flood of emails, missed messages, and a brain full of half-formed to-do lists, OpenAI wants to start your day a little differently. They’ve just launched something called ChatGPT Pulse. It’s a new feature—currently in preview for ChatGPT

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Can We Really Spot Hedgehogs from Space? Not Quite—But AI Can Find Their Favorite Shrubs

Can We Really Spot Hedgehogs from Space? Not Quite—But AI Can Find Their Favorite Shrubs

Image by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash When researchers at the University of Cambridge set out to help hedgehogs, they didn’t start by tracking the animals themselves. They looked for brambles instead. Yes, brambles—the same thorny bushes that scratch your arms on nature walks. These dense shrubs are a favorite hideout for European hedgehogs, offering them

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Synology Loosens the Reins on Drive Restrictions After Pushback from NAS Users

Synology Loosens the Reins on Drive Restrictions After Pushback from NAS Users

After months of frustration over forced hardware choices, Synology responds with flexibility—for most users, anyway. Photo by Alex Cheung on Unsplash If you’ve been eyeing a Synology NAS but hesitated at the steep price of their branded hard drives, here’s some good news: Synology is finally backing off from one of its more controversial decisions.

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