PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

Par : Lynsey Chutel， Amelia Nierenberg and Brian O. Otieno — 22 octobre 2026 à 18:01

Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.

Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands in Brussels last week. He said that his cabinet was closely monitoring the online vulnerability caused by a security flaw in PHP.

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A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites

Par : Dustin Volz — 21 octobre 2026 à 21:04

The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

The website for the French government was temporarily unavailable on Wednesday amid hacking concerns stemming from major bugs in a piece of software used widely across the internet.

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A Russian Software Company Duped the Secret Service, U.S. Prosecutors Say

Par : Ephrat Livni — 25 septembre 2026 à 11:03

Executives from a Russian-owned company are accused of misrepresentation in order to secure U.S. government contracts.

A Secret Service Agent seen from Air Force One.

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Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn

Par : Ivan Nechepurenko， Rebecca Suner， Joey Sendaydiego and Coleman Lowndes — 14 septembre 2026 à 16:11

From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.

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Ukraine’s Most Potent Weapon: The Software Orchestrating Its Drone Army

Par : Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova — 26 août 2026 à 17:38

The Delta system pulls together battlefield data to identify targets, creating a miles-wide “kill zone.” The technology is credited with helping to cut Russian advances to a near standstill.

Officers from Ukraine’s First Separate Assault Regiment looking at live battlefield footage from drones, displayed through the Delta system, at a command bunker in eastern Ukraine in 2025.

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Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.

Par : Brian X. Chen — 30 juillet 2026 à 11:03

An upgrade transformed the beleaguered virtual assistant into a modern chatbot. It’s imperfect but worth trying.

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Can Companies Embrace A.I. Without Layoffs? This One Says It Is Trying to.

Par : Jim Tankersley — 2 juillet 2026 à 06:01

The German software giant SAP says it is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them. Experts are divided on whether it will work.

Matthias Deindl, a product management executive for the company SAP, at an A.I.-enhanced production line in Walldorf, Germany.