The messy WordPress drama, explained

Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp 2024 in Europe. | Screenshot: WordCamp WordPress is essentially internet infrastructure. It’s widely used, generally stable, and doesn’t tend to generate many splashy headlines as a result. But over the last week, the WordPress community has swept up into a battle over the ethos of the platform. Last week, WordPress cofounder … Read more

Binance founder ‘CZ’ released from custody after four-month sentence

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was released from US custody on Friday after serving out his four-month sentence in a low-security correctional facility. CZ’s sentence was the product of a federal investigation that found Binance had failed to stop widespread criminal activity on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. CZ pleaded guilty to the DOJ’s charges, … Read more

Architecture to AWS CloudFormation code using Anthropic’s Claude 3 on Amazon Bedrock

The Anthropic’s Claude 3 family of models, available on Amazon Bedrock, offers multimodal capabilities that enable the processing of images and text. This capability opens up innovative avenues for image understanding, wherein Anthropic’s Claude 3 models can analyze visual information in conjunction with textual data, facilitating more comprehensive and contextual interpretations. By taking advantage of … Read more

How Northpower used computer vision with AWS to automate safety inspection risk assessments

This post is co-written with Andreas Astrom from Northpower. Northpower provides reliable and affordable electricity and fiber internet services to customers in the Northland region of New Zealand. As an electricity distributor, Northpower aims to improve access, opportunity, and prosperity for its communities by investing in infrastructure, developing new products and services, and giving back … Read more

Arc browser adds security bulletins and bug bounties

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge Arc creator The Browser Company has officially started a bug bounty program to keep its growing Chromium-based browser’s security in check. The company is also launching a new security bulletin to maintain “transparent and proactive communication” with users and researchers on bug fixes and reports. These security revisions followed … Read more

Debunking Hiring Superstitions: Things That Aren’t Really a Thing

(This post originally appeared on AdatoSystems.com) According to medical experts, people believe superstitions in order to produce “a false sense of having control over outer conditions, and reduce anxiety. This is also why superstitions are prevalent in conditions of absence of confidence, insecurity, fear, and threat.” “…absence of confidence, insecurity, fear, and threat…” seems to … Read more

DOJ indicts Iranians for alleged Trump campaign ‘hack-and-leak’ scheme

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Scott Olson, Getty Images The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranian nationals linked with a cyberattack against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to an indictment on Friday. The three hackers, all of whom have ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, allegedly gained access to … Read more

G2 Names INE 2024 Enterprise And Small Business Leader

CARY, North Carolina, September 27th, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–INE, a global leader in networking and cybersecurity training and certifications, is proud to announce they have earned 14 awards in G2’s Fall 2024 Report, including “Fastest Implementation” and “Most Implementable,” which highlight INE’s superior performance relative to competitors. “Best hands-on and real world scenario based curriculum,” raves small business … Read more