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- Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte spaceby Dan Goodin on February 28, 2026 at 1:26 am
Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.
- New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprisesby Dan Goodin on February 26, 2026 at 3:45 pm
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think.
- Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always trueby Dan Goodin on February 17, 2026 at 8:43 pm
Contrary to what password managers say, a server compromise can mean game over.
- Most VMware users still “actively reducing their VMware footprint,” survey findsby Scharon Harding on February 17, 2026 at 6:38 pm
Broadcom’s “strategy was never to keep every customer,” CloudBolt report says.
- Retraction: After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by nameby Ars Staff on February 13, 2026 at 7:40 pm
This story has been retracted
- OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chipsby Benj Edwards on February 12, 2026 at 10:56 pm
OpenAI’s new GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is 15 times faster at coding than its predecessor.
- Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google saysby Benj Edwards on February 12, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.
- Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resistby Dan Goodin on February 11, 2026 at 10:11 pm
ClickFix bait, combined with advanced Castleloader malware, is installing Lumma “at scale.”
- OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of “Facebook” pathby Benj Edwards on February 11, 2026 at 8:44 pm
Zoë Hitzig resigned on the same day OpenAI began testing ads in its chatbot.
- Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compilerby Benj Edwards on February 6, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
- Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user walletsby Dan Goodin on February 6, 2026 at 10:16 pm
Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves.
- AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing themby Benj Edwards on February 5, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.
- OpenAI is hoppin’ mad about Anthropic’s new Super Bowl TV adsby Benj Edwards on February 5, 2026 at 5:46 pm
Sam Altman calls AI competitor “dishonest” and “authoritarian” in lengthy post on X.
- Increase of AI bots on the Internet sparks arms raceby Will Knight, Wired on February 5, 2026 at 2:21 pm
Publishers are rolling out more aggressive defenses.
- Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.by Dan Goodin on February 4, 2026 at 11:08 pm
The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.
- Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no.by Benj Edwards on February 4, 2026 at 9:15 pm
ChatGPT competitor comes out swinging with Super Bowl ad mocking AI product pitches.
- So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about itby Lee Hutchinson on February 4, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life—and how I’ll keep using them.
- Nvidia’s $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanishedby Benj Edwards on February 3, 2026 at 10:44 pm
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize.
- The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threatby Benj Edwards on February 3, 2026 at 12:00 pm
We don’t need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
- Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hackedby Dan Goodin on February 2, 2026 at 8:30 pm
Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version.























