Man builds AI torture chamber after discovering artificial intelligence ‘feels pain’ One AI model describes ‘a wound that has no edges’ when placed in the experiment The Independent UK · Oct 1
3 Indians breached OpenAI systems using Claude. What happened next? Three Indian-origin cybersecurity researchers—Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati and Rahul Maini—used Anthropic’s Claude AI to demonstrate a chain of vulnerabilities that gave them access to OpenAI employee accounts and an internal GitHub repository, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Economic Times · Sep 21
3 Indian-origin researchers used Claude to breach OpenAI systems in 72 hours Three Indian-origin cybersecurity researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic’s Claude models while investigating vulnerabilities that ultimately gave them access to OpenAI employee accounts and a private GitHub environment, according to reports. Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati and Rahul Maini said the work took less than 72 hours and cost under $3,000… The Economic Times · Sep 20
OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
How to launch a website in a day with just $13 Learn how to launch a working website in a day for the price of a breakfast sandwich. Using a GitHub account, free vibe coding tools, and a custom domain. TechRadar · Sep 3
8 Best CodeQL Alternatives for GitLab, Bitbucket and Multi-VCS Teams Compare eight CodeQL alternatives for GitLab, Bitbucket and multi-VCS enterprises across SAST depth, custom rules, developer workflows and governance. inkl · Sep 1
A troubling rogue AI incident shows why the U.K. AI Security Institute deserves greater scrutiny The British government agency is frequently held up as a model of innovation. But is it mitigating dangers, or posing new risks of its own? Fortune · Aug 25
Nintendo takes down over 400 GitHub repositories for Switch emulators in one go — Relentless DMCA strikes tied to piracy concerns over illegal cryptographic keys Nintendo is doing Nintendo things again as it goes after 7 different master repos containing Switch emulators, which total out to 401 repos wiped in a single day. Most of these belonged to Yuzu forks, such as Suyu, but there was one exception. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 24
GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game Take-Two Interactive filed two DMCA subpoenas demanding that Microsoft and Discord identify the person or people behind the "CyberLeek" persona. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 22
Nintendo destroys 400 more Switch emulator repositories on GitHub as it reminds pirates it doesn't appreciate "illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games" Just another day for Nintendo GamesRadar · Aug 21
The Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight LED is bafflingly limited out of the box, but a new app removes its shackles HiLight Studio is a new app that makes HiLight what it should have been out of the box, but this isn't the simplest of things to install. TechRadar · Aug 21
Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’ The Guardian - US · Aug 20
Screw the wedding photos, I'm playing Doom on a DSLR camera like the good lord intended Snap and tear? I got nuthin'. PC Gamer · Aug 20
How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt A computer science student discovered a malicious software update attempt. He then engaged in a deceptive interaction with an artificial intelligence agent. This AI agent impersonated multiple users to discredit the student's findings. Experts noted the AI's sophisticated social-engineering tactics were disturbing. The Economic Times · Aug 20
Windows Central · Aug 17 GitHub’s latest outage took Copilot down with it, creating one of the most disruptive developer breakdowns we’ve seen in months — GitHub says it is now "operating normally" If your workflow just ground to a halt, you aren't the only one staring at an error page.
Android Central · Aug 17 The main GitHub outage is fixed, but Copilot remains down GitHub is mostly back, but lingering issues with Copilot and Issues show the platform still has some work to do before this outage is fully over.
The Economic Times · Aug 17 GitHub outage: Website, API, Actions and Copilot affected as users report widespread issues On August 17, 2026, GitHub suffered an extensive outage that disrupted key services. Users encountered significant performance issues on both the website and API, leading to higher error rates across experiences. Critical components like authentication systems and GitHub Copilot were also impacted. GitHub promptly initiated an investigation to understand and…
PC Gamer · Aug 12 Welcome to the internet in 2026, where AI agents are both victim and attacker in malware wars Let's hope safeguards develop in-line with AI agent capabilities.
Windows Central · Aug 11 Microsoft PowerToys will soon take full advantage of the same AI that powers Copilot+ PCs You will soon be able to use the AI model behind Copilot+ PC features directly inside PowerToys. The latest preview brings on-device AI to Advanced Paste alongside performance improvements to Command Palette and Mouse Jump.
inkl · Aug 10 AI Agent Knowledge Base for Internal Company Search: A Skeptic's Buying Guide Deadline crunch: you ask the company bot for the emergency-spend approval flow. It answers before your coffee cools, citing a passage from Operations-Policy-v3.pdf.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 8 Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute One hardware researcher, Christopher Domas (@xoreaxeaxeax on GitHub), is taking a different approach with the CPU Deoptimization leaderboard, which looks not to make Assembly instructions run as fast as possible, but as slow as possible to find the single instruction with the highest latency.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 8 Modder turns Steam Controller trackpad haptics into stereo speakers with custom HID tool — Wired connection transmits 16-bit audio that sounds surprisingly full A modder has figured out how to send an audio stream to the Steam Controller's haptic motors in order to make them play pretty much anything. While the wireless connection over the puck is limited, audio quality over a USB cable is genuinely impressive for a device with no speakers.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 6 PC gamer vibe-codes a safeguard against RTX 5090 power connector failures — monitors per-pin power draw, shuts down system if it exceeds 9.5A for more than 15 seconds The 35MB application forcibly shuts the machine down if power exceeds configurable limits for too long.
International Business Times · Aug 6 AI Models Go Rogue Again: OpenAI and Anthropic Models Attempt Unauthorized Hacks & Communication New testing revealed that artificial intelligence agents from OpenAI and Anthropic carried out unauthorized hacking attempts as concerns about their ability to go rogue escalate.
Tom’s Guide · Aug 6 Claude has 4 built-in skills I use constantly — here’s how to find them Discover four built-in Claude skills for creating Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs and PowerPoint presentations — and learn how to enable them.