Order/Chaos' priority contract walkthrough in Marathon

The "Order/Chaos" priority contract in Marathon is given to you by Gantry, the leader of MIDA, one of the game's six factions. You'll receive it after ... uh... smashing 15 windows for the previous ...

'Introducing Traxus' priority contract walkthrough in Marathon

The "Introducing: Traxus" priority contract in Marathon is, as you'll likely have figured out from the name, required to unlock access to the Traxus faction. It's by far the most difficult quest ...
Hackaday

Inside SKALA: How Chornobyl’s Reactor Was Actually Controlled

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.
Microsoft

Inside Tycoon2FA: How a leading AiTM phishing kit operated at scale

Tycoon2FA has become a leading phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms, enabling campaigns that reach over 500,000 organizations monthly, prompting Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) to work with ...
Nature

AI can write genomes — how long until it creates synthetic life?

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...
St George News

New year, new script: How small shifts in your language can create positive changes in your life

Do you ever catch yourself saying, “That’s just my luck”, “I never find the right partner” or “Bad things always happen to me”? Do you realize that when you repeat negative phrases about yourself and ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
The Economist

Secret script: China’s women-only language

Nushu emerged from the isolated villages of southern China and is the only language created and used exclusively by women. Today it is celebrated across China as a symbol of female empowerment, but ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Small Language Models Create New Security Risks

The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over ...
The White House

Designating English as the Official Language of The United States

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...
PC World

I customize Windows 11 in seconds with vibe-coded AI scripts. Here’s how

AutoHotkey (AHK) is a free and simple yet powerful Windows scripting language. It doesn’t get a lot of press these days, but Windows geeks used to love writing and swapping AHK scripts. Well, that’s ...
Beebom

How to Create and Run a PowerShell Script on Windows 10 and 11

PowerShell is a scripting language for Windows and is used for OS configuration and automation. You can use Notepad or PowerShell ISE to test your scripts. You can also run PowerShell scripts from a ...