Wikipedia hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm that vandalized pages

The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages ...

Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...

Ladybird browser integrates Rust with AI help

The independent browser project Ladybird has ported its JavaScript engine LibJS from C++ to Rust. AI tools significantly ...

Indie web browser Ladybird flutters toward Rust with a little help from AI

Ladybird started out as the built-in native web browser of the Serenity OS project, which we tried out and wrote about in ...

Code Metal joins unicorn ranks as defense contracts fuel rapid growth

Code Metal Inc., a software company that enables engineers to write code once and translate it into other programming languages, completed a $125 million Series B round, valuing the company at $1.25 ...
The Caledonian-Record

Code Metal Secures $125M Series B at $1.25B Valuation to Bridge the Trust Gap in AI Code Generation

This new round comes just months after Code Metal’s Series A, underscoring the company’s rapid growth and the urgency with ...
Wired

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

Code Metal, a Boston-based startup that uses AI to write code and translate it into other programming languages, just closed a $125 million Series B funding round from new and existing investors. The ...
The New York Times

They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language

He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator. By Kashmir Hill Photographs by Oliver Farshi Kashmir Hill writes about how technology changes how we ...
ZDNet

OpenAI just unveiled its Google Translate competitor, and ChatGPT already wins in a big way

Accelerate your tech game Paid Content How the New Space Race Will Drive Innovation How the metaverse will change the future of work and society Managing the ...
The New York Times

U.S. Soldiers and Translator Killed in Syria Are Identified

The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck Iowa National Guard troops. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded. By Ann Hinga KleinSonia A ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Tests Copilot-Powered Tool to Modernize JavaScript/TypeScript in VS Code

Microsoft is previewing a new AI-assisted tool for Visual Studio Code Insiders called the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer. It's designed to help developers modernize older JavaScript or TypeScript ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote code execution without authentication in React and Next.js applications.