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The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so ...
Securities.io3d

NPM Supply-Chain Attack: What Happened and How to Fix It

Qix is an open source maintainer account that was compromised by a phishing attack. This allowed attackers to infect 18 popular npm packages with malicious code. Together, these packages are ...

This startup is bringing AI to an Excel-style spreadsheet

Sourcetable’s AI agents can fetch data from cloud services and databases, then write code to analyze it—all from a familiar ...
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TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations

CastleRAT and CastleLoader, active since March 2025, spread malware via phishing and GitHub repos, enabling data theft.

Robot rabbits the latest tool in Florida battle to control invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.
Globe Gazette20d

Campaign Almanac: Another Democrat files to run for Eastern Iowa congressional seat

A Hardin County Democrat has filed paperwork to run for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District seat currently represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Marion. Former Pine Lake State Park ...
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Campaign Almanac: Another Democrat files to run for Eastern Iowa congressional seat

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A Hardin County Democrat has filed paperwork to run for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District seat currently ...