I had ChatGPT build me a free PDF editor because I didn't trust it to change my files - it worked!

The smartest way to use AI may not be letting it touch your files, but asking it to write software that handles them safely - ...

'Please do not vibe f--- up this software': Broken backups spark AI coding row in rsync project

Users probe backup failures find Claude-assisted commits. Veteran engineer retorts: 'I did not just vibe-code 'convert test ...
WLRN

Florida Python Challenge returns in July with $25,000 in prizes for Everglades hunt

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 in prizes for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The ...

Florida Python Challenge coming up. Look back at biggest snakes caught

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in ...
Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranians Are Back Online After a Monthslong Shutdown but Still Face Heavy Restrictions

Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram ...
InfoWorld

IBM and Red Hat want to become the ‘security clearinghouse’ for open source applications in the enterprise

The $5 billion Project Lightwell initiative combines AI systems with 20,000 engineers to deliver validated fixes directly ...

500 Poisoned Packages, Hundreds of Companies: TeamPCP’s Worm Just Reached GitHub

A GitHub employee installed a routine VS Code extension update, handed cybercrime group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate approximately 3,800 of GitHub's internal source code repositories — everythi ...
Visual Studio Magazine

The Rise of OpenTelemetry in Microsoft Dev Tooling

CNCF graduation, Microsoft tooling updates and cloud-provider support show broader OpenTelemetry adoption across developer platforms.

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...
The Sun

I confronted sick Don’t F**k With Cats killer in his lair before he sent me chilling email that would be his downfall

The Sun's Alex West reveals how a doorstep encounter at a London pub sealed the gay porn star's downfall... and the moment he was called up to give evidence in the court case TWISTED murderer Luka ...

Protect your enterprise now from the Shai-Hulud worm and npm vulnerability in 6 actionable steps

TanStack had 2FA, OIDC publishing, and Sigstore provenance on every release. The Mini Shai-Hulud worm published 84 malicious versions anyway. The CI/CD Trust-Chain Audit Grid maps the six gaps it ...