In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
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Neoclassical economics is just bourgeois ideology in disguise.
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A senior Hezbollah lawmaker says that Lebanon’s foremost priority is ending Israeli occupation and aggression before engaging in discussions on any other issues.ABNA English
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Σηκωτό πήρε η ασφάλεια της Βουλής του Ισραήλ Βουλευτή, ο οποίος έκανε αναφορά για «γενοκτονία» στη Γάζα.Newsroom (Gazzetta.gr)
1007 words (22630 total) on The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to AI (a short book about being a better AI critic, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) #DailyWords
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(Because, of course, hiring women is a war on men.)
An unprecedented campaign by FBI leaders to force senior bureau officials out of their jobs has disproportionately hit women and people of color, according to public records and an unofficial tally by current and former FBI officials.
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An unprecedented campaign by FBI leaders to force senior bureau officials out of their jobs has disproportionately hit women and people of color.Ken Dilanian (MSNBC)
> disproportionately hit women and people of color
We know for a fact that there WERE diversity quotas in the past. And we know that there were cases where standards of excellence were relaxed to meet those quotas.
So while Democrats would like to see an evil plot to fire women and blacks, I think it's at least as probable that they're just firing the lazy and incompetent, among which women and blacks are disproportionately represented.
I think the people who are outraged about this don't have the neurons to see that if you lower the standard for a certain group of people, those people will be the most substandard of the ones selected.
And the question of WHY they had to lower the standard to meet their diversity quotas, nobody wants to talk about that one 😏
Any fulltime gamedevs or other creatives prone to side projects (so like all of them probably) have experience with working on whatever you feel compelled to work on on a given work day, so long as it is something that contributes to your body of work?
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The call by the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevi, for “strategic clarity” regarding the future of the war on Gaza reflects the depth of confusion within the Israeli security establishment after the failure of Operation Gideon’s Chario…The Palestinian Information Center
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The official 9/11 story is the biggest Conspiracy Theory of them all. Supposed to believe a old half dead guy in a Afghan cave led Muslim Arabs with box cutters to hijack and perfectly fly 3 planes into 3 buildings within an hour on 9/11?
Some fools will believe any fairy tale lie.
@Sovereign I mean he does say that the reason Americans are dumb is due to lack of a decent education system. The US has basically been outsourcing the cost of education to other countries and then reaping the top talent from them.
Now that immigration to the US is becoming increasingly unappealing, the US is faced with the fact that they failed to invest in their own domestic talent.
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#Netanyahu orders Israeli army to conquer all of #Gaza
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Israeli media is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to expand its offensive in Gaza and reoccupy the entire Strip.Qassam Muaddi (Mondoweiss)
Todo el mundo habla de Peter Thiel como del Mago de Oz, el hombre tras la cortina que mueve los hilos de la distopía tecnofascista que viene desarrollándose ante nuestros ojos. Y aunque parte de ese relato es cierto, hay actores que han sido tanto o más necesarios en el devenir de la situación actual.
Como por ejemplo 👉SoftBank👈
Y buena parte del dinero viene de, efectivamente, los países del Golfo.
Yup, el dinero generado a base de incinerar la troposfera ahora se usa para financiar el tecnofascismo, surprised Pikachu punto jpg.
Siempre me ha llamado la atención el hecho de que mientras sólo la izquierda hablaba de cobrarles impuestos a los ricos, la ultraderecha no era nada; pero en cuanto la nempezó a haber runrún internacional sobre hacerlo (ínfimamente) y poner coto (apenas) a sus desmanes, de pronto se ha disparado la ultraderecha por todas partes, demonizando un globalismo que a la derecha de toda la vida le encantaba. Pero ya no.
Y lo mismo pasa con la transición verde, por ejemplo. Mientras sólo era poner algunos molinos y paneles por el monte, daba igual, pero en cuanto se empezó a erradicar el carbón y se vio que realmente había opciones de dejar de quemar cosas, ahí ya no.
Y claro, justo ahí aparece la inmigración y los okupas como los nuevos cabezas de turco para que no nos fijemos en dónde está la bolita.
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Reform UK is offering access to Nigel Farage at its party conference for sums ranging from £25,000 to a quarter of a million pounds.Sam Bright (DeSmog)
Police arrest suspect in killings of 4 Tennessee family members
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What is it with government functionaries trying to compel loyalty oaths to a foreign entity when people are recovering from a natural disaster and least able to fight such an outrage?
This was previously seen in Texas, but reversed (but not the state law behind it), and now ... well, we can't rule out malicious compliance, especially in the dog days of summer:
"US quickly reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance
"Hours after posting it, Department of Homeland Security removes statement that funding is dependent on states not cutting ‘commercial relations’ with Israeli companies"
Did not send an "America First" message to Trump's base....
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Hours after posting it, Department of Homeland Security removes statement that funding is dependent on states not cutting 'commercial relations' with Israeli companiesToI Staff (The Times of Israel)
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Les bug bounty hunters n’ont qu’à bien se tenir car Google va bientôt tenter de les remplacer (comme ils ont déjà remplacé pas mal de créateurs web) grâce à leur nouvelle IA baptisée Big Sleep. En effet, celle-ci vient de prouver qu’elle peut détecter des failles de sécurité que même les meilleurs hackers humains ont loupées. Et je ne vous parle pas de petites vulnérabilités bidons, mais de véritables failles dans des logiciels critiques.
Vous vous souvenez quand je vous parlais de XBOW, cette IA qui était devenue numéro 1 sur HackerOne ? Eh bien Google vient de rentrer dans la danse avec Big Sleep, et visiblement ils ne sont pas venus pour rigoler. L’approche est différente mais tout aussi impressionnante.
Big Sleep, c’est le fruit d’une collaboration entre Google Project Zero (l’équipe d’élite qui trouve des failles zero-day) et DeepMind (les génies derrière AlphaGo). Ensemble, ils ont créé une IA capable d’analyser du code source et de détecter des vulnérabilités de manière autonome. Le nom “Big Sleep” vient d’ailleurs du roman noir de Raymond Chandler (lien affilié), un clin d’œil au côté détective de l’IA.
La première vraie victoire de Big Sleep, c’est donc d’avoir trouvé une vulnérabilité stack buffer underflow dans SQLite, la base de données la plus utilisée au monde. Cette faille était passée sous le radar de tous les outils de fuzzing traditionnels et des chercheurs humains. L’IA a réussi à l’identifier en analysant les patterns de code et en comprenant la logique profonde du programme.
Ce qui est vraiment fou avec Big Sleep, c’est sa capacité à comprendre le contexte et la sémantique du code car contrairement aux outils de fuzzing classiques qui bombardent le programme avec des données aléatoires pour voir s’il crashe, Big Sleep lit et comprend réellement ce que fait le code.
C’est la différence entre un lecteur de Korben.info qui lit l’un de mes articles et qui est content. Et un lecteur de Korben.info (ou pas d’ailleurs) qui lit l’un de mes articles en diagonale (ou juste le titre…lol), qui ne comprend rien et qui part ensuite m’insulter sur les réseaux sociaux ^^.
Google explique que Big Sleep utilise une approche en plusieurs étapes. D’abord, l’IA analyse le code source pour comprendre sa structure et son fonctionnement. Ensuite, elle identifie les zones potentiellement vulnérables en se basant sur des patterns connus mais aussi sur sa compréhension du flux de données. Enfin, elle génère des cas de test spécifiques pour confirmer l’existence de la vulnérabilité.
Les 20 vulnérabilités découvertes touchent différents types de logiciels, des bibliothèques système aux applications web. Google reste discret sur les détails exacts pour des raisons évidentes de sécurité, mais ils confirment que toutes les failles ont été corrigées avant toute exploitation malveillante. C’est le principe du responsible disclosure : on trouve, on prévient, on corrige, et seulement après on communique.
Ce qui différencie Big Sleep de XBOW, c’est surtout l’approche. Là où XBOW excelle dans les bug bounties publics avec une approche plus agressive, Big Sleep semble plutôt orienté vers l’analyse en profondeur de code complexe. Les deux IA sont donc complémentaires et montrent bien que l’avenir de la cybersécurité passera par ces assistants intelligents.
D’ailleurs, Google ne compte pas garder Big Sleep pour lui et l’équipe travaille sur une version open source qui permettra à la communauté de bénéficier de cette technologie. L’idée c’est de démocratiser la recherche de vulnérabilités pour que même les petites entreprises puissent sécuriser leur code.
Mais attention, tout n’est pas rose non plus car que se passera-t-il si des acteurs malveillants mettent la main sur ce genre d’IA ? La course aux armements entre attaquants et défenseurs risque de fortement s’accélérer drastiquement. Google assure avoir mis en place des garde-fous, mais on sait tous que dans le domaine de la sécurité, rien n’est jamais garanti à 100%.
Selon Google, Big Sleep peut analyser en quelques heures ce qui prendrait des semaines à une équipe humaine et contrairement à vous les vacanciers éternels, l’IA ne se fatigue pas, ne fait pas d’erreur d’inattention, et peut traiter des volumes de code monumentaux. Sur les 20 vulnérabilités trouvées, au moins 5 étaient considérées comme critiques avec un score CVSS supérieur à 8.
Pour voir les dernières découvertes de BigSleep c’est par ici.
L’objectif pour Google à terme c’est de créer une IA capable de comprendre non seulement le code, mais aussi l’intention derrière le code, donc si vous êtes développeur ou responsable sécurité, il est temps de prendre ce sujet au sérieux. Les IA comme Big Sleep et XBOW ne sont pas des gadgets, donc commencez à réfléchir à comment intégrer ces outils dans vos processus de développement et surtout, n’attendez pas que les attaquants s’en servent contre vous.
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The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
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Studying the glowing patterns of Earth’s surface helps us understand human activity, respond to disasters, and witness a changing world.
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Studying the glowing patterns of Earth's surface helps us understand human activity, respond to disasters, and witness a changing world.Earth Science Division Editorial Team (NASA Science)
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BRITAIN is “not just complicit, but an active participant” in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, activists said today during a protest by British Jews against attacks on Palestine.Morning Star
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What to know about Legionnaires' disease, which has sickened dozens in New York City
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Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
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Copper torches, lanterns, bars, and chains have been added in today's #Minecraft snapshot 25w32a!
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Sri Lanka's parliament votes to fire country's police chief over abuse of power
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Lady Gaga leads 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations, followed by Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar
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President Trump was reviewing the symmetry of architecture as the plans for the White House ballroom are being finalized.Sundance (The Last Refuge)
Sirens have sounded in multiple Israeli city settlements after a missile was launched from Yemen.Al Mayadeen English (Yemeni missile fired at Israeli target; sirens sound in central cities)
Google has released security updates to address multiple security flaws in Android, including fixes for two Qualcomm bugs that were flagged as actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), both of which were disclosed alongside CVE-2025-21480 (CVSS score: 8.6), by the chipmaker back in June 2025. CVE-2025-21479
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Google fixed 6 Android flaws, including 3 exploited Qualcomm bugs, raising spyware concerns. Users urged to update.The Hacker News
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