Want to beat Wordle? Try a 1940s mathematical theory.
It turns out one of the best ways to solve the massively popular New York Times puzzle game Wordle isn’t really about words at all. It’s math. Specifically, information theory…
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Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo,…
Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”
Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid “abusive conduct” from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim. Tesco filed a lawsuit…
“Dangerous” AI models are coming no matter what
Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the…
Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware. During its HPE Discover…
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple…
Got World Cup Fever? Send scientists your smartwatch data.
If you’ve developed World Cup fever over the past few days, then researchers at Bielefeld University want to hear about it. The team is inviting football/soccer fans to share the…
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind energy projects across the United States and dropped its challenge to the court ruling that tossed President Donald Trump’s order…
Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
Last Tuesday, Microsoft patched a vulnerability it rated as max critical in its M365 Copilot AI platform. On Monday, the researchers who discovered the vulnerability and reported it to Microsoft…
Key mission for Europe’s commercial space enterprise scrubbed again
Isar Aerospace still commands top position among a new generation of European rocket startups, but the company’s efforts to launch a critical test flight of its Spectrum rocket continue to…