Elon Musk's Plan for Americans' Sensitive Data Has Security Experts Terrified

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Elon Musk's Plan for Americans' Sensitive Data Has Security Experts Terrified

Elon Musk's DOGE is trying to pool data from across federal agencies into one big repository. Basic security know-how says that's idiotic.

Elon Musk's ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government's vast data reserves. They're currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into a sprawling centralized database. Unsurprisingly, security experts told The Washington Post that's a terrible idea. originally posted at

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Elon Musk's ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government's vast data reserves. They're ...

Ooh Look, a New Google Logo!

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Ooh Look, a New Google Logo!

Explore the new Google logo as it refreshes after a decade. Discover its modern design and vibrant colors in this update.

Google doesn’t update its logos very often, but at the 10-year mark of a design, we have seen them switch things up. For example, Google Play saw a logo refresh when it reached 10 years old, and now, just 10 years removed from the most recent Google logo redesign, we’re getting a bit of a refresh. originally posted at

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Google doesn’t update its logos very often, but at the 10-year mark of a design, we have seen them switch things up. For example, Google Play saw...

REVEALED: How the People's Pope shielded sexual predators in clergy http://archive.today/dzhNd When the world's cardinals met in Rome last Monday for the first of their crucial pre-conclave discussions, they raised 'the issue of clerical abuse', according to a Vatican spokesman. The cardinals are forbidden to reveal anything that was said. But behind closed doors, the preparations for the conclave – which starts on Wednesday – are already mired in scandal. originally posted at

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REVEALED: How the People's Pope shielded sexual predators in clergy \ stacker news

When the world's cardinals met in Rome last Monday for the first of their crucial pre-conclave discussions, they raised 'the issue of clerical abus...

Chinese mathematicians solve the 65-year-old Kervaire invariant problem

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Chinese mathematicians solve the 65-year-old Kervaire invariant problem

A Chinese team has solved a decades-old mystery that stumped the mathematical world – by resolving the ‘doomsday hypothesis’.

A Chinese team has solved a decades-old mystery that stumped the mathematical world – by resolving the ‘doomsday hypothesis’ originally posted at

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Apple considers iPhone price hikes this fall, but won’t blame tariffs https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/apple-considers-iphone-price-hikes-this-fall-but-wont-blame-tariffs--wsj-4038296 Apple is contemplating increasing the prices of its upcoming fall iPhone lineup, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apple shares added to earlier gains and are up 6.8% as of 10:15 GMT (06:15 EST). The report also adds that Apple’s price increase strategy is being considered in a way that does not link it directly to U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, where most Apple devices are assembled. originally posted at

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Apple considers iPhone price hikes this fall, but won’t blame tariffs \ stacker news

Apple is contemplating increasing the prices of its upcoming fall iPhone lineup, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apple shares added to earlie...

OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding and future IPO, FT reports https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-negotiates-with-microsoft-unlock-new-funding-future-ipo-ft-reports-2025-05-11/ OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant's access to cutting-edge AI models, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. originally posted at

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OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding and future IPO, FT reports \ stacker news

OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a high-stakes negotiation designed...

New Research Challenges 160-Year-Old Long-Standing Origin of Life Theory

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New Research Challenges 160-Year-Old Long-Standing Origin of Life Theory

A discovery by scientists at Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology could shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and pave t...

A discovery by scientists at Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology could shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and pave the way for more efficient biofuel production. Early Earth was a volatile and inhospitable place, marked by extreme temperatures, widespread volcanic activity, and a thin, primitive atmosphere. Yet somehow, the basic molecular components of life, such as sugars, amino acids, and nucleotides, emerged from this chaos. One long-standing theory among chemists holds that ribose, a sugar that forms the structural backbone of RNA, arose spontaneously through a chemical process. However, new research challenges this idea. originally posted at

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New Research Challenges 160-Year-Old Long-Standing Origin of Life Theory \ stacker news

A discovery by scientists at Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology could shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and pave t...

Trump to embark on Middle East trip to meet Gulf allies

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Trump to embark on Middle East trip to meet Gulf allies

President eager to discuss trade and investment but no plans to visit Israel amid tensions over Gaza war

Donald Trump this week will embark on the first foreign trip of his second administration with a tour of the Middle East, as he looks to secure investment, trade and technology deals from friendly leaders with deep pockets amid turbulent negotiations around numerous regional conflicts, including Israel’s war in Gaza originally posted at

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Donald Trump this week will embark on the first foreign trip of his second administration with a tour of the Middle East, as he looks to secure inv...

Lutnick says 10% baseline tariff will stick around for "foreseeable future"

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Lutnick says 10% baseline tariff will stick around for "foreseeable future"

The United States' trade agreement with the United Kingdom reached last week maintained the 10% baseline tariff on most goods imported.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that the 10% baseline tariff rate on imports from other countries is likely to "be in place for the foreseeable future," echoing President Donald Trump's comments from days prior. "We do expect a 10% baseline tariff to be in place for the foreseeable future," Lutnick told CNN's Dana Bash on 'State of the Union.' originally posted at

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Lutnick says 10% baseline tariff will stick around for "foreseeable future" \ stacker news

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that the 10% baseline tariff rate on imports from other countries is likely to "be in place for the f...

Malicious npm Packages Infect 3,200+ Cursor Users With Backdoor

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Malicious npm Packages Infect 3,200+ Cursor Users With Backdoor, Steal Credentials

Malicious npm packages targeting Cursor macOS users stole credentials and disabled updates, impacting 3,200+ downloads.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered source code editor. "Disguised as developer tools offering 'the cheapest Cursor API,' these packages steal user credentials, fetch an encrypted payload from threat actor-controlled infrastructure, overwrite Cursor's main.js file, and disable auto-updates to maintain persistence," Socket researcher Kirill Boychenko said. originally posted at

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Malicious npm Packages Infect 3,200+ Cursor Users With Backdoor \ stacker news

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artifi...

Archaeologists Find 7,000-Year-Old Road Found At The Bottom Of The Mediterranean https://www.thetravel.com/ancient-road-under-mediterranean-sea-croatia/ Ancient Rome's vast network of paved roads is one of its most remarkable and well-known features; after all, "all roads lead to Rome." To this day, some of Rome's roads remain well preserved, allowing tourists to explore them. originally posted at

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Archaeologists Find 7,000-Year-Old Road Found At The Bottom Of The Mediterranean \ stacker news

Ancient Rome's vast network of paved roads is one of its most remarkable and well-known features; after all, "all roads lead to Rome." To this day,...

Leo XIV calls this a challenge to 'human dignity' in first address to cardinals

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Pope Leo XIV calls this a challenge to 'human dignity' in first address to cardinals

Pope Leo XIV warns that AI may threaten human dignity, urging the Catholic Church to respond with ethical clarity and protect the vulnerable in a d...

In his first official remarks as pope, Leo XIV delivered a powerful message to the College of Cardinals on Saturday, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) presents serious new risks to human dignity. He called on the Catholic Church to step up and respond to these challenges with moral clarity and bold action. originally posted at

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Leo XIV calls this a challenge to 'human dignity' in first address to cardinals \ stacker news

In his first official remarks as pope, Leo XIV delivered a powerful message to the College of Cardinals on Saturday, warning that artificial intell...

US Institute of Peace workers were erasing computer data to cover up crimes

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Musk says U.S. Institute of Peace workers were erasing computer data to cover up crimes

Elon Musk is accusing officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace of deleting financial records to cover up criminal activity.

Elon Musk is accusing officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace of deleting financial records to cover up criminal activity. “They deleted a terabyte of financial data to cover their crimes, but they don’t understand technology, so we recovered it,” Mr. Musk posted Tuesday on X, referring to his Department of Government Efficiency. originally posted at

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US Institute of Peace workers were erasing computer data to cover up crimes \ stacker news

Elon Musk is accusing officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace of deleting financial records to cover up criminal activity. “They deleted a terab...

Soviet-Era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years

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Soviet-Era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 reentered Earth's atomosphere Saturday morning after 53 years in orbit during a failed attempt to launch into Venus.

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits. The European Space Agency’s space debris office also indicated that the spacecraft had reentered after it failed to appear over a German radar station. originally posted at

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Soviet-Era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years \ stacker news

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveilla...

World's largest atom smasher turned lead into gold — and destroyed it instantly

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Medieval alchemists were obsessed with the idea of turning lead into gold, a concept known as chrysopoeia. But they may have had more luck swapping out the philosopher's stone for a particle accelerator, new results suggest. originally posted at

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World's largest atom smasher turned lead into gold — and destroyed it instantly \ stacker news

Medieval alchemists were obsessed with the idea of turning lead into gold, a concept known as chrysopoeia. But they may have had more luck swapping...

Scientists say they may have found the missing half of the universe

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Scientists say they may have found the missing half of the universe - Futura-Sciences

For decades, scientists knew something didn’t add up. The amount of ordinary matter—the kind that forms stars, planets, and people—didn’t m...

For decades, scientists knew something didn’t add up. The amount of ordinary matter—the kind that forms stars, planets, and people—didn’t match what Big Bang models predicted. Now, researchers at UC Berkeley believe they’ve finally found the missing pieces. originally posted at

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Scientists say they may have found the missing half of the universe \ stacker news

For decades, scientists knew something didn’t add up. The amount of ordinary matter—the kind that forms stars, planets, and people—didn’t m...

AI and Programming: The Beginning of a New Era

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AI and Programming: The Beginning of a New Era

Our AI Codecon conference kicked off today with Coding with AI: The End of Software Development as We Know It. Here are my opening remarks introducing the series’ themes. You can reserve your seat for upcoming AI Codecon events here. Thanks so much for joining us today. We have over 20,000 people signed up for this event, both subscribers on the O’Reilly learning platform and those who aren’t yet subscribers. I think you’re here because you all sense what I do: We’re witnessing not the end of programming but its remarkable expansion. This is the most exciting moment in software development that I’ve seen during my more than 40 years in this industry. originally posted at

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Our AI Codecon conference kicked off today with Coding with AI: The End of Software Development as We Know It. Here are my opening remarks introduc...

Microsoft Confirms Critical 10/10 Cloud Security Vulnerability https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/05/09/microsoft-confirms-critical-1010-cloud-security-vulnerability/ It’s not often that a truly critical security vulnerability emerges that hits the maximum Common Vulnerability Scoring System severity rating of 10. This is one of those times. Microsoft has confirmed multiple vulnerabilities rated as critical and impacting core cloud services, one of which has reached the unwelcome heights of that 10/10 criticality rating. The good news is that none are known to have been exploited in the wild, none have already been publicly disclosed, and as a user, there’s nothing you need to do to protect your environment. originally posted at

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Microsoft Confirms Critical 10/10 Cloud Security Vulnerability \ stacker news

It’s not often that a truly critical security vulnerability emerges that hits the maximum Common Vulnerability Scoring System severity rating of ...

Scientists propose new theory of gravity unifying quantum physics and relativity https://eladelantado.com/news/finnish-gravity-theory/ Gravity is everywhere: pulling at your feet, holding satellites in orbit, and making the Earth spin around the sun. Yet, for all its familiarity, gravity remains one of physics’ most persistent mysteries. We know what it does. We don’t really know what it is. originally posted at

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Scientists propose new theory of gravity unifying quantum physics and relativity \ stacker news

Gravity is everywhere: pulling at your feet, holding satellites in orbit, and making the Earth spin around the sun. Yet, for all its familiarity, g...

Are We Wrong About Black Holes? A Radical Theory Challenges Einstein

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Are We Wrong About Black Holes? A Radical Theory Challenges Einstein

The mystery at a black hole’s core might soon be solved — without a singularity at all.

**Black holes may not have singularities after all!** Scientists are exploring new models — including ones without event horizons — that challenge classical physics. With next-gen observations, we might finally glimpse what lies beyond. Einstein, Schwarzschild, and the Birth of Black Holes “Hic sunt leones,” remarks Stefano Liberati, director of the Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) and one of authors of a new paper published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. The Latin phrase, meaning “here be lions,” was once used on ancient maps to mark unknown or dangerous territories. In this case, it refers to the singularity predicted to exist at the center of traditional black holes, those described by Einstein’s general relativity. originally posted at

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Are We Wrong About Black Holes? A Radical Theory Challenges Einstein \ stacker news

Black holes may not have singularities after all! Scientists are exploring new models — including ones without event horizons — that challenge ...