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Can TrapC Fix C and C++ Memory Safety Issues?
"TrapC, a fork of the C language, is being developed as a potential solution for memory safety issues that have hindered the C and C++ languages," reports InfoWorld.
But also being developed is a compiler named trapc "intended to be implemented as a cybersecurity compiler for C and C++ code, said d...
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Linux's Marketshare Drops in Monthly Steam Survey
What's Linux's marketshare on Steam? The Steam Survey numbers tell this story:
11/24: 2.03%
12/24: 2.29%
01/25: 2.06%
02:25: 1.45%
"The February numbers show a staggering 0.61% drop to Linux use..." reports Phoronix. But they attribute this to an sampling error:
According to the survey, it show...
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Lenovo Teases Solar-Powered and Foldable-Screen Laptops in Latest Concepts
Lenovo demonstrated "a laptop with a foldable screen and one that can get extra battery life from solar power," reports CNBC, emphasizing that "These laptops are just concepts, meaning they are not commercially available."
But "Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, has a history of showing off imag...
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What Happened When Conspiracy Theorists Talked to OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo?
A "decision science partner" at a seed-stage venture fund (who is also a cognitive-behavioral decision science author and professional poker player) explored what happens when GPT-4 Turbo converses with conspiracy theorists:
Researchers have struggled for decades to develop techniques to weaken th...
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Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer's API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation
A malicious PyPi package effectively turned its users' systems "into an illicit network for facilitating bulk music downloads," writes The Hacker News.
Though the package has been removed from PyPI, researchers at security platform Socket.dev say it enabled "coordinated, unauthorized music downloa...
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