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Photos of an unreleased Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming controller have leaked online, thanks to a Brazilian website called Tecnoblog. The diminutive controllers look like something 8BitDo would release, though the D-Pad and home button feature the familiar Xbox aesthetic. This is actually being manufactured by Microsoft, according to a report
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TL;DR Boston Consulting Group is training an AI sales agent called Jamie on both its best and worst sellers’ behaviours, using call transcripts and engagement patterns to build a system that coaches human salespeople and improves over time. Vercel has already taken the same approach further, cutting its 10-person
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* New Linux kernel flaw CVE‑2026‑46300 “Fragnesia” allows local attackers to gain root * Discovered by William Bowling of Zellic; * PoC shows corruption of /usr/bin/su page cache to get root shell Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in the Linux kernel which could allow malicious actors to
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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* Wordfence disclosed two flaws in Avada Builder, a WordPress plugin with around 1 million active installs * CVE‑2026‑4782 (Arbitrary File Read, medium severity) requires subscriber‑level access; CVE‑2026‑4798 (SQL injection, high severity) exploitable unauthenticated * Patches released in April and May 2026; users advised to update to v3.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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* Chaotic Eclipse leaks two new Windows flaws: YellowKey (BitLocker bypass) and GreenPlasma (privilege escalation) * YellowKey abuses WinRE to bypass BitLocker; verified by Kevin Beaumont, though mitigations are debated * GreenPlasma exploits CTFMON services for SYSTEM access; follows earlier leaks RedSun, UnDefend, and BlueHammer (later patched as CVE‑2026‑33825) Chaotic Eclipse,
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google
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The PDF specification is a 1,000-page ISO standard, and generating compliant documents from C# code is harder than most developers expect. We ran each approach through identical test scenarios — creating blank pages, inserting text and images, adding headers with page numbers, setting metadata, meeting compliance standards, and printing to
