Vibe coding platform Cursor releases first in-house LLM, Composer, promising 4X speed boost

The vibe coding tool Cursor, from startup Anysphere, has introduced Composer, its first in-house, proprietary coding large ...
The New York Times

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech. By Anemona ...
American Rifleman

Army Announces Type Classification Of New Infantry Rifle, Machine Gun

In May 2025, the U.S. Army’s Soldier Lethality Project at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey announced the official type classification of SIG Sauer’s M7 rifle and M250 automatic rifle, previously ...
Reuters

How a Silicon Valley 'warlord' got the Pentagon’s attention

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - "I'm a warlord now, bitch!" Steven Simoni, wearing a $4,000 Celine track suit unzipped to reveal a bare chest and a silver chain, was holding court at a recent film ...
Bleeping Computer

NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware

Newly discovered npm package 'fezbox' employs QR codes to retrieve cookie-stealing malware from the threat actor's server. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative ...
IEEE

Advancing ECG Signal Classification With a Fuzzy Classifier Approach

Abstract: The analysis of ECG signals plays an important role in healthcare, particularly for the detection of heart conditions such as arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, or heart attack. Accurate ...
Austin American-Statesman

Starbucks faces class-action suits from employees challenging new dress code

Employees of the popular coffee chain Starbucks filed a civil action Wednesday, arguing that the company violated state law by refusing to reimburse workers after requiring them to buy new clothes to ...
Chicago Tribune

Narcan vending machines added to five CTA stations

Chicago transit riders can now access the overdose-reversing medication naloxone at six CTA stations. The expansion comes about two years after the nasal spray, often known by the brand name Narcan, ...
The Motley Fool

1 AI Stock to Buy Now -- It Has Doubled Palantir's 2,280% Return Since 2023 and Is Joining the S&P 500 in September

AppLovin will join the S&P 500 on Sept. 22; the stock has advanced 4,650% since January 2023, doubling Palantir’s return during that period. The company has differentiated itself with Axon, a ...
Quanta Magazine

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side. There should ...