GitHub adds AI-powered bug detection to expand security coverage

GitHub is adopting AI-based scanning for its Code Security tool to expand vulnerability detections beyond the CodeQL static ...
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What happens when you metal detect underwater with crocodiles and a python?

We ventured into dangerous waters for some underwater metal detecting, but what we didn’t expect was to be surrounded by crocodiles and a massive python. This video takes you into the wild, where we ...
Ars Technica

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...
NPR

Using saliva to detect disease holds promise, but it's not perfected yet

The saliva circulating in your mouth contains troves of microbial information about the rest of your body and is easier to collect than blood samples. Today, a few drops of spit can help detect ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
GitHub

Multi‐Project Testing in VS Code

The Python extension now supports multi-project workspaces, where each Python project within a workspace gets its own test tree and Python environment. This document explains how multi-project testing ...
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...
CSOonline

Microsoft develops a new scanner to detect hidden backdoors in LLMs

Microsoft’s research shows how poisoned language models can hide malicious triggers, creating new integrity risks for enterprises using third-party AI systems. Microsoft has developed a scanner ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
KTVU

Glaucoma Awareness Month: Why early detection can make a difference

Glaucoma Awareness Month: Why early detection can make a difference Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness, often developing without any warning signs, but experts say, early ...
Ars Technica

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.

On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plugin for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called “Humanizer,” the ...