Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation ...

Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets

Earlier in April, the startup Era held a gathering in New York for artists who had received its developer kit. The artists ...

Hands-on: Framework finally made a modular laptop feel as premium as its mission

The Framework Laptop 13 Pro offers upgrades across the board: a better screen, Intel's Panther Lake processor, and killer ...
Gizmodo

Best Antivirus Software That Won’t Slow Down Your Computer

5 Antivirus Programs That Actually Hold Up in 2026 Best Antivirus Software That Won’t Slow Down Your Computer Discover the best antivirus programs for computers that keep you protected without slowing ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Safeguarding Critical Software Infrastructure through Novel AI Systems

The open-source software underlying critical infrastructure — from financial systems to public utilities to emergency services and electronic health records — is vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks.
The Verge

Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns your spare Mac into an AI agent

The AI search startup is positioning the tool as a more secure version of OpenClaw that runs on a Mac. The AI search startup is positioning the tool as a more secure version of OpenClaw that runs on a ...
The New York Times

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...
9to5Mac

Perplexity’s Personal Computer is a cloud-based AI agent running on Mac mini

Apple’s Mac mini is back in the AI headlines. Last month, Perplexity released its own version of the OpenClaw “personal AI assistant” idea with a feature called Perplexity Computer. Now the company is ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, you’ve been programmed: Meet Julius Mondragon, TikTok’s Computer Guy

The Computer Guy of Chicago strikes when you least expect. Sitting in a coffeehouse. Reading your phone on the train. Working out. Waiting for food. Walking down the street. When the Computer Guy ...
WSOC-TV

Goodwill’s tech training program teaches essential digital skills, includes free computer

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont is helping people keep up with changing technology through a three-day training program. Organizers said the course helps people build digital skills ...
9to5Mac

Computer History Museum to celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary with special programming

With Apple’s 50th anniversary fast approaching, the Computer History Museum is planning a series of programs and a temporary exhibit to celebrate the company’s history. Here are the details. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...