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Simon Willison's Weblog
Release: datasette 1.0a40 Same security fix as 0.65.5, plus some neat new features and bug fixes: Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex Garcia. I've migrated Datasette to httpx2 for features like the internal…
Simon Willison's Weblog
Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m. Tags: security, datasette
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Snap today announced new experiences, services and partnerships for SPECS, the company’s upcoming pair of consumer AR glasses. Snap’s big Specs livestream today wasn’t technically a launch event—they’re still slated to arrive in the US, UK and France later this fall starting at $2,195—although the…
Notebookcheck
Spotify is investigating bugs preventing users from following, unfollowing, blocking, or unblocking accounts. The issues coincide with the rollout of a new recommendation-control feature, raising fresh concerns about the platform’s stability.
APNIC Blog / RIPE Labs / Internet Society / 3GPP
A continuation of the discussion on surplus DNS queries seen at APNIC Labs, the implications of how you say 'no', and the transport used for the DNS.
NVIDIA — Blog / Technical Blog / Newsroom
Agentic AI workflows can be used to prepare and validate digital twins for physical AI systems. Agents can inspect 3D scenes, author simulation-relevant data in...
Google Chrome Releases
The Stable channel has been updated to 154.0.8037.44/.45 for Windows. as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. You can find more details about early Stable releases here. Interested in switching release…
Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth… The post Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge appeared first on Carbon Brief.
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
Steam Frame is finally here. It’s Valve’s second-ever VR headset, and a radically different product than its first. Did Valve pull off the vision? And, if so, who is Steam Frame for? Read on in our full review to find out. Table of Contents Steam Frame Review Summary Steam Frame is a unique headset…
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed internet users and programmers a big win today, by rejecting an attempt to stretch a narrow provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) into a new source of copyright liability. The case involves Section 1202 of the DMCA, which…
Semafor (filter tech)
When discussing solutions to global problems people “are no longer asking what do the Americans think,” the survey’s commissioner said.
TechCrunch Transportation
The House of Representatives, in rare bipartisan support, overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require new vehicles to include AM radio.
Semafor (filter tech)
US federal authorities alleged they were part of a Kremlin-controlled “global assassination network” targeting perceived allies of Ukraine.
Semafor (filter tech)
The head of the world’s best performing sovereign wealth fund said US returns in recent years were “close to double annualized returns for the past 20.”
AWS — What's New / News Blog
Amazon SageMaker AI now supports serverless model customization for the NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning model using supervised fine-tuning (SFT), Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), and reinforcement fine-tuning (RFT). This is one of the latest open-weight models from NVIDIA and employs a hybrid…
Semafor (filter tech)
Energy disruptions from an escalating Middle East conflict spilled into the world’s largest market for imported crude.
CNET
The beta includes updates to apps like Facetime and Podcasts, as well as Siri AI in more languages.
Notebookcheck
The Boox Note Mini C has debuted with an 8.52" Kaleido 3 color E Ink display and an eight-core CPU for reading, sketching, and productivity apps. The tablet runs Android 16 and comes with pen support, fingerprint unlock, dual speakers, a microphone, and Smooth Refresh display technology.
AWS — What's New / News Blog
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now provides a consolidated deployment view for Amazon ECS Managed Daemons, giving you a single place to see how far a deployment has progressed, what is failing, and what could stop it. This helps you monitor Managed Daemon deployments at a glance and…
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the first part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Mia Nurmamat examine how the southern island province of Hainan is betting on a growing aerospace cluster to rewrite its…
Notebookcheck
Honor's Pad X9b Max tablet is now rolling out internationally with a 13-inch 120Hz LCD and Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 processor. It has a 10,100mAh battery with 45W charging, up to 6GB of physical RAM and 256GB of storage. The tablet runs MagicOS 10 based on Android 16.
ransomware.live
We have locked out The manager and staff. Time to negotiate now we are extending the day to September 22 2026 at 3:00pm to get it figured out. What we have is real. villaslitchfieldmgr@greystar.com villaslitchfieldmnt@greystar.com Everyone is locked out and we possess the data below…
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 is rolling out today to continue the development cycle ahead of the stable December launch. more…
Payload (space) / CTVC (climate) / Newcomer (VC)
Our guide to the startups embracing AI for fintech and financial services
Notebookcheck
AI’s data-center buildout could triple global e-waste over the next 25 years, according to a new report. The forecast highlights growing concerns about how discarded AI servers and related infrastructure will be repaired, reused or recycled.
Electrek
Ausom made a name for itself with a growing lineup of electric scooters that offers everything from practical single-motor commuters to seriously quick dual-motor thrill rides without breaking the bank. This month, the brand’s awesome Fall Sale is making the Ausom brand’s high-performance value…
UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED
We had to stop ourselves from applauding. Kacey Musgraves' new made-for-VR concert on Quest 3 shows just how good immersive music can be.
Dark Reading
CISOs are not waiting for AI to prove its cybersecurity value before investing in the technology. Is it the right move?
Notebookcheck
There is a divide between Marvel’s Wolverine reviewers on Metacritic and PS Store buyers. Its 77 Metacritic average is less impressive than the marketplace’s 4.84/5.0 rating. Although the PS5 game offers more linear gameplay, its user score is higher than any Insomniac Spider-Man title.
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
At ALL IN, Evan Solomon also teased AI supercomputer selection this fall. The post AI minister affirms Canada will have tech super-regulator “with teeth” first appeared on BetaKit.
Ars Technica — Security
Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.
Notebookcheck
Opus 5 was previously locked behind Claude’s paid plans, but it has now started appearing on free accounts without any announcement from Anthropic. There is no visible way to activate the offer, and its allowance does not follow Claude’s usual five-hour reset.
Planet GNOME / KDE News
I’ve been working for a while as a contractor as part of the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) initiative for Flatpak, organized by Modal and Para-Real Ltd. There is a nice write up about the project, giving an overview of the investment and the collaborative effort. Intents My involvement has been focused…
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Plus: Canada to pursue sovereign internet. The post Your must-read Canada Investment Summit summary first appeared on BetaKit.
Samsung Newsroom
Samsung Electronics today announced the expansion of One UI 9 to more Galaxy devices, with the rollout beginning today starting with the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra. Following its debut on Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8, One UI 9 brings an easier, more seamless mobile experience across…
Language blogs: Rust / Go / TypeScript / Swift / Kotlin / Java / .NET / Ruby / PHP / Elixir / ISO C++
I am building a complete C# agent live, from a single call around an IChatClient to a production-ready, observable, governed agent, using the Microsoft Agent Framework harness in a 4-part Microsoft Reactor series. The post Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C#, the MafClaw Live Series appeared…
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 now available for Pixel devices, with this release nearly three weeks since the last update. more…
ransomware.live
is an Italian company engaged in premium cars. There are many customer documents and employee data [Size: 7.3 GB | Sector: Technology, Other]
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Besides Home MCP, Google today is also rolling out Home app (especially for the homescreen widget) and Gemini for Home voice assistant updates. more…
NVIDIA — Blog / Technical Blog / Newsroom
AI agents are moving from cloud data centers to vehicles, robots, and other edge devices. Unlike a chatbot that answers a single prompt, an agent works through...
AI Now Institute / CSET Georgetown
Sarah Myers West, co-executive director of AI Now, joined Maggie McGrath to talk about whether agentic supreme intelligence is possible, the responsibility companies have in developing AI tools, and what politicians need to do to get up to speed on this fast-moving technology. The post Companies…
Notebookcheck
Casio has unveiled the long-awaited GW-BX5600-1 and GW-BX5600-1A1 in the US, bringing high-contrast MIP displays to its classic G-Shock 5600 design. Both models feature Tough Solar charging, Multiband 6 timekeeping, Bluetooth, and customizable display layouts.
Cloudflare Blog
A modern storefront can look healthy while malicious JavaScript quietly siphons revenue, hijacks clicks, or rewrites analytics. See how Cloudflare's machine learning models surface evasive client-side attacks for analyst investigation.
Martin Fowler / Overreacted / Kent C. Dodds / Josh Comeau
Reports of agentic hacking continue, in this case it happened back in May and it seems OpenAI did not disclose that they were responsible. Simon Willison sees two options: After the Hugging Face and Wiki attacks OpenAI were still unable to review their previous logs and determine that they had…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
A new NASCIO and Forrester report finds state CIOs are balancing agency priorities, budget constraints and emerging technologies as they take on larger roles in IT investment and governance.
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Fourteen Canadian projects can use TFRI’s secure platform to analyze “vast amounts of complex health data." The post Terry Fox Research Institute commits $25 million to AI powered health projects first appeared on BetaKit.
TechCrunch Fintech
The move closes the gap between the market discussions taking place on the timeline, and the market itself.
ransomware.live
Industry: Finance Lending & BrokerageLocation: USA Data Volume: 9.3TBData Description: Financials, HR, Clients’ Private Data & Financial Details, PII & PHI Records, Mailboxes & Email Correspondence, Database Exports, OneDrive StoredDownload:Link…
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Serial Number: AV26-931 Date: September 16, 2026 As of September 16, 2026, ISC is affected by vulnerabilities in the following product: ISC BIND 9 Prior to or equal to 9.18.50 Prior to or equal to 9.18.50-S1 Prior to or equal to 9.20.27 Prior to or equal to 9.20.27-S1 Prior to or equal to 9.21.25…
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Serial Number: AV26-930 Date: September 16, 2026 As of September 14, 2026, Apple is affected by vulnerabilities in the following products: iOS and iPadOS Prior to 27 Prior to 26.7 macOS Golden Gate Prior to 27 macOS Tahoe Prior to 26.7 macOS Sequoia Prior to 15.8 tvOS Prior to 27 watchOS Prior to…
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
The start of the school year brings a familiar checklist for K–12 leaders: prepare classrooms, welcome new students and make sure everything is ready for the year ahead. Security should be on that list too. The back-to-school season provides an opportunity to ensure the procedures and technology…
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Serial number: AV26-929 Date: September 16, 2026 As of September 15, 2026, Oracle Corporation is affected by vulnerabilities in the following products: Helidon Oracle Access Manager Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management Oracle Agile PLM Oracle Agile PLM MCAD Connector Oracle Application Testing…
TechRadar / Tom's Guide / PCWorld / Pocket-lint / Stuff
Beats video game controllers, designed by Apple, which you can use with your Apple gear? We’ve all heard this one before. Nonetheless, here’s why I’m intrigued – and concerned
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Google today is rolling out Android Canary 2609 with another update to Quick Settings that lets you require an unlock before making changes. more…
Stripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng
Quality and reliability have always been a point of pride for Spotify. We run an extraordinarily complex... The post AI Changed How Spotify Builds. What We Learned (and Fixed) About Quality at Higher Velocity appeared first on Spotify Engineering.
Electrek
Tesla is putting its Cybercab on public display in China this week, but the company wants to be clear about one thing it isn’t: a vehicle it plans to sell there. Tesla China said the showcase “does not involve” selling the Cybercab in the Chinese market or launching a driverless ride-hailing…
TechCrunch Transportation
Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.
Semafor (filter tech)
The quarter-point increase is the first in three years.
Microsoft — Official / Windows / Azure Updates / Research
Microsoft has been in the business of education for five decades. Since the earliest days of this company, we have worked alongside educators, students, families and educational leaders through each new wave of technology — and we have learned what helps learning and what gets in the way. That…
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