Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI [Wed Dec 11 2024]

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Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI

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US Commerce Dept coughs up $6.1B Christmas present for Micron

Funding to support development of memory vendor's $125B fab expansion in New York and Idaho

US military grounds entire Osprey tiltrotor fleet over safety concerns

Boeing-Bell V-22 can't outfly its checkered past, it seems

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AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling

Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory

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With Gelsinger gone, to fab or not to fab is the $7B question

Whoever takes over has some tough decisions to make

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Microsoft holds last Patch Tuesday of the year with 72 gifts for admins

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, patching was done with the click of a mouse

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Fully patched Cleo products under renewed 'zero-day-ish' mass attack

Thousands of servers targeted while customers wait for patches

Heart surgery device maker's security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen

Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly

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Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after 'cringey couple' sentenced

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WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics

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Oracle gets Big Red reality check after financials fail to impress

Strong year ends with a dip, but Ellison signs Meta deal to boost AI cred

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OpenAI's Sora lets ChatGPT subscribers churn out janky text-generated videos

Buckle up, because limbed creatures are about to get weird

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SAP says GenAI will help solve legacy migration skills shortage

As 2027 support deadline looms, German vendor puts faith in on-trend tech to help SIs do more with less

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Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI

Python security developer-in-residence decries use of bots that 'cannot understand code'

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South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro

'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale

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Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident

With two legal wins and one secret settlement on the books, the odds are in the automaker's favor

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TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later

Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration

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Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes

'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings

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