Linux 6.8 Landing A Tantalizing Optimization For Common $PATH-Based Searches
For the execve() system call to execute a program by pathname, the Linux 6.8 kernel is set to land a new optimization to 'dramatically' speed-up PATH searches.
Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta board | CNN Business
Former longtime Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will not remain on the company’s board after her term ends in May, she said in a Facebook post Wednesday.
VMware is killing off 56 products amid "tectonic" infrastructure shift
Goodbye vSphere Hypervisor. Goodbye Aria Operations. Goodbye NCX. Goodbye HCX. Goodbye more acronyms than we know what to do with; though Broadcom does.
How Federico Viticci Modded Their iPad Pro showing everyone that the iPad isn't ready to be a replacement for anything
Those who have been reading MacStories for a few years should know something about me: I love modding things. Whether it’s customizing the silicone tips of AirPods Pro or adding kickstands to iPad covers (which I don’t do anymore), there’s something about the idea of taking an object and modding it specifically to my needs
LeftoverLocals: Listening to LLM responses through leaked GPU local memory
By Tyler Sorensen and Heidy Khlaaf We are disclosing LeftoverLocals: a vulnerability that allows recovery of data from GPU local memory created by another process on Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and Imagi…
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on training.
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named Sarah Meiklejohn proved them all wrong—and set the stage for a decade-long crackdown.
Google now admits it could collect data in Chrome's Incognito mode
Google has updated its disclaimer in Chrome's experimental Canary channel shortly after agreeing to settle a $5 billion lawsuit accusing it of tracking Incognito users.
Demo: Rapid Vulnerability Remediation with Slim.ai
In this demo, Slim.ai's Ian Riopel shows how the platform, now in beta, offers users a shared workspace for coordinating vulnerability fixes with software vendors.
~5 Minutes Of Coding Yields A 6%+ Boost To Linux I/O Performance
IO_uring creator and Linux block subsystem maintainer Jens Axboe spent about five minutes working on two patches to implement caching for issue-side time querying in the block layer and can yield 6% or more better I/O performance.
Back in my day… ISDN History: Why It (Mostly) Failed To Make A Mark
For decades, the telephone industry supported ISDN, a technology designed to make copper lines more useful for consumers. It’s great—if you’re a voice actor.