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Apple may have a supply problem on its hands with the MacBook Neo... The laptop reportedly relies on "binned" A18 Pro chips with one GPU core disabled, and demand is so strong that the supply of those cheaper leftover chips could run out before the next model is ready. That leaves Apple choosing between lower margins, shifting production plans, or changing the lineup to keep its $599 hit product in stock. MacRumors reports: The all-new MacBook Neo has been such a hit that Apple is facing a "massive dilemma," according to Taiwan-based tech columnist and former Bloomberg reporter Tim Culpan. [...] In the latest edition of his Culpium newsletter today, Culpan said the MacBook Neo is selling so well that Apple's supply of the binned A18 Pro chips with a 5-core GPU will "run out" before the company is able to fully satisfy demand for the laptop. Apple's initial plan was to have suppliers build around five to six million MacBook Neo units before ceasing production of the model with the A18 Pro chip, he said, but it sounds like demand is so strong that Apple might run out of A18 Pro chips to put in the MacBook Neo before the second-generation MacBook Neo with an A19 Pro chip is ready next year. Apple is unlikely to mark the MacBook Neo as temporarily sold out, so it may be forced to take action, but profit margins might be affected.
A18 Pro chips are manufactured with TSMC's second-generation 3nm process, known as N3E, and Culpan said TSMC's N3E production lines are currently operating at maximum capacity. As a result, he said that Apple may have to pay a premium to restart A18 Pro chip production for the MacBook Neo, which would lower its profit margins. Apple would have to disable a GPU core on these chips to ensure that they have only a 5-core GPU, like all other MacBook Neo units sold to date. Alternatively, Culpan said that Apple could reallocate some of its chip production that was originally planned for other devices, but he said the cost would still be higher than what it paid for its initial batch of A18 Pro chips.
Culpan speculated that Apple could also opt to discontinue the $599 model with 256GB of storage, leaving the $699 model with 512GB of storage and a Touch ID button as the only configuration available. This is unlikely to happen any time soon, in our view, given how heavily Apple has been promoting the MacBook Neo's affordability. Apple might also be able to move up the release of a MacBook Neo with the iPhone 17 Pro's A19 Pro chip, but that too would be a costlier option, at least until the company achieves a sufficient stockpile of binned A19 Pro chips with a 5-core GPU. In any case, Apple could opt to keep the starting price of current and future MacBook Neo models at $599 and simply accept lower profit margins on the laptop, especially given that it attracts customers to the macOS and broader Apple ecosystem.
A18 Pro chips are manufactured with TSMC's second-generation 3nm process, known as N3E, and Culpan said TSMC's N3E production lines are currently operating at maximum capacity. As a result, he said that Apple may have to pay a premium to restart A18 Pro chip production for the MacBook Neo, which would lower its profit margins. Apple would have to disable a GPU core on these chips to ensure that they have only a 5-core GPU, like all other MacBook Neo units sold to date. Alternatively, Culpan said that Apple could reallocate some of its chip production that was originally planned for other devices, but he said the cost would still be higher than what it paid for its initial batch of A18 Pro chips.
Culpan speculated that Apple could also opt to discontinue the $599 model with 256GB of storage, leaving the $699 model with 512GB of storage and a Touch ID button as the only configuration available. This is unlikely to happen any time soon, in our view, given how heavily Apple has been promoting the MacBook Neo's affordability. Apple might also be able to move up the release of a MacBook Neo with the iPhone 17 Pro's A19 Pro chip, but that too would be a costlier option, at least until the company achieves a sufficient stockpile of binned A19 Pro chips with a 5-core GPU. In any case, Apple could opt to keep the starting price of current and future MacBook Neo models at $599 and simply accept lower profit margins on the laptop, especially given that it attracts customers to the macOS and broader Apple ecosystem.
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"Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a new AI model capable of discovering critical vulnerabilities at scale," writes Slashdot reader wiredmikey. "It's already powering Project Glasswing, a joint effort with major tech firms to secure critical software. But the same capabilities could also accelerate offensive cyber operations." SecurityWeek reports: Mythos is not an incremental improvement but a step change in performance over Anthropic's current range of frontier models: Haiku (smallest), Sonnet (middle ground), and Opus (most powerful). Mythos sits in a fourth tier named Copybara, and Anthropic describes it as superior to any other existing AI frontier model. It incorporates the current trend in the use of AI: the modern use of agentic AI. "The powerful cyber capabilities of Claude Mythos Preview are a result of its strong agentic coding and reasoning skills... the model has the highest scores of any model yet developed on a variety of software coding tasks," notes Anthropic in a blog titled Project Glasswing -- Securing critical software for the AI era.
In the last few weeks, Mythos Preview has identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities with many classified as critical. Several are ten or 20 years old -- the oldest found so far is a 27-years old bug in OpenBSD. Elsewhere, a 16-years old vulnerability found in video software has survived five million hits from other automated testing tools without ever being discovered. And it autonomously found and chained together several in the Linux kernel allowing an attacker to escalate from ordinary user access to complete control of the machine. [...] Anthropic is concerned that Mythos' capabilities could unleash cyberattacks too fast and too sophisticated for defenders to block. It hopes that Mythos can be used to improve cybersecurity generally before malicious actors can get access to it.
To this end, the firm has announced the next stage of this preparation as Project Glasswing, powered by Mythos Preview. Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely. "Project Glasswing is a starting point. No one organization can solve these cybersecurity problems alone: frontier AI developers, other software companies, security researchers, open-source maintainers, and governments across the world all have essential roles to play." Claude Mythos Preview is described as a general-purpose, unreleased frontier model from Anthropic that has nevertheless completed its training phase. The firm does not plan to make Mythos Preview generally available. The implication is that 'Preview' is a term used solely to describe the current state of Mythos and the market's readiness to receive it, and will be dropped when the firm gets closer to general release.
In the last few weeks, Mythos Preview has identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities with many classified as critical. Several are ten or 20 years old -- the oldest found so far is a 27-years old bug in OpenBSD. Elsewhere, a 16-years old vulnerability found in video software has survived five million hits from other automated testing tools without ever being discovered. And it autonomously found and chained together several in the Linux kernel allowing an attacker to escalate from ordinary user access to complete control of the machine. [...] Anthropic is concerned that Mythos' capabilities could unleash cyberattacks too fast and too sophisticated for defenders to block. It hopes that Mythos can be used to improve cybersecurity generally before malicious actors can get access to it.
To this end, the firm has announced the next stage of this preparation as Project Glasswing, powered by Mythos Preview. Given the rate of AI progress, it will not be long before such capabilities proliferate, potentially beyond actors who are committed to deploying them safely. "Project Glasswing is a starting point. No one organization can solve these cybersecurity problems alone: frontier AI developers, other software companies, security researchers, open-source maintainers, and governments across the world all have essential roles to play." Claude Mythos Preview is described as a general-purpose, unreleased frontier model from Anthropic that has nevertheless completed its training phase. The firm does not plan to make Mythos Preview generally available. The implication is that 'Preview' is a term used solely to describe the current state of Mythos and the market's readiness to receive it, and will be dropped when the firm gets closer to general release.
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Chrome is finally adding built-in vertical tabs, "which will move the tabs to the side of the browser window, making it easier to read full page titles and manage tab groups," reports TechCrunch. The company is also introducing an immersive reading mode for a distraction-free, text-focused experience. From the report: The company notes that the new vertical tabs can be enabled at any time by right-clicking on a Chrome window and selecting "Show Tabs Vertically." The company says there's no hard limit on the number of tabs that can be opened (beyond what would be limited already by the user's hardware). The vertical tabs work just as the horizontal tabs do, meaning you can have different Chrome windows with their own set of tabs or tab groups.
[...] Alongside the launch of vertical tabs, Chrome is also rolling out a new Reading Mode experience, which will offer a full-page interface to make it even easier to reduce on-screen clutter to focus on the text. This will be the new default experience for Chrome users, and arrives at a time when web pages, particularly those on news sites, have become cluttered with ads and prompts to subscribe to newsletters.
[...] Alongside the launch of vertical tabs, Chrome is also rolling out a new Reading Mode experience, which will offer a full-page interface to make it even easier to reduce on-screen clutter to focus on the text. This will be the new default experience for Chrome users, and arrives at a time when web pages, particularly those on news sites, have become cluttered with ads and prompts to subscribe to newsletters.
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NEW YORK (ANP) - De prijs van een vat Amerikaanse olie is met ongeveer 17 procent gedaald na het bericht van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump dat hij de aanvallen op Iran voor twee weken opschort. Een vat West Texas Intermediate (WTI), de Amerikaanse benchmark, kostte dinsdagavond (Amerikaanse tijd) minder dan 95 dollar, meldt zakenzender CNBC. Eerder dinsdag was de prijs nog ruim 117 dollar.
De olieprijs ligt nog wel aanzienlijk hoger dan voor het begin van de oorlog. Eind februari, vlak voordat de VS en Israƫl de bombardementen op Iran begonnen, kostte een vat WTI ongeveer 70 dollar.
Trump meldde op zijn platform Truth Social dat hij heeft ingestemd "met het opschorten van de bombardementen en aanvallen op Iran voor een periode van twee weken". Die mededeling kwam twee uur voor het aflopen van zijn ultimatum aan Teheran. Trump eiste dat Iran de Straat van Hormuz zou heropenen, op straffe van grootschalige aanvallen op de civiele infrastructuur van het land.
De Straat van Hormuz ligt tussen Iran, de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten en Oman. Normaal gesproken gaat ongeveer een vijfde van alle wereldwijde olietransporten door de zeestraat. Iran heeft de engte feitelijk afgesloten, waardoor landen in onder meer Europa en Aziƫ veel minder olie krijgen. Daardoor zijn de prijzen gestegen en dreigen brandstoftekorten.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft gezegd dat hij heeft ingestemd "met het opschorten van de bombardementen en aanvallen op Iran voor een periode van twee weken". Eerder op dinsdag vroeg bemiddelaar Pakistan de Verenigde Staten en Iran om een wapenstilstand van twee weken.
Trumps verklaring op Truth Social kwam twee uur voordat zijn ultimatum aan Teheran afliep. Daarin eiste hij dat Iran de Straat van Hormuz heropent, op straffe van grootschalige aanvallen op de civiele infrastructuur van het land. Eerder op dinsdag had Trump Iran nog gewaarschuwd dat "een hele beschaving vannacht zal sterven" als er niet aan zijn eisen zou worden voldaan.
Trump stelde dat de overeenkomst afhankelijk was van de bereidheid van Iran om de blokkade van olie- en gasleveringen door de straat - waar doorgaans ongeveer een vijfde van alle wereldwijde olietransporten doorheen gaat - tijdelijk op te heffen.
"Dit wordt een wederzijds staakt-het-vuren!" schreef Trump op zijn platform Truth Social, deels in hoofdletters. "De reden hiervoor is dat we al onze militaire doelstellingen reeds hebben behaald en zelfs overtroffen, en dat we al ver gevorderd zijn met een definitieve overeenkomst inzake langdurige vrede met Iran en in het Midden-Oosten."
Trump liet weten dat Iran een tienpuntenplan had gepresenteerd dat diende als een "werkbare basis" voor onderhandelingen, en dat hij verwachtte dat er tijdens het twee weken durende staakt-het-vuren een overeenkomst zou worden "afgerond en beklonken".
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Diverse ziekenhuizen houden de ontwikkelingen rond een cyberaanval op softwareleverancier ChipSoft nauwlettend in de gaten. Ze zijn door expertisecentrum Z-CERT op de hoogte gebracht van de aanval op het bedrijf, dat onder meer een grote speler is in elektronische patiƫntendossiers, meldt onder meer ziekenhuis Rijnstate in Arnhem. Ook dat ziekenhuis gebruikt de bewuste software, maar benadrukt dat gegevens daar veilig zijn.
"Onze patiƫntgegevens en andere informatievoorzieningen zijn veiliggesteld. Op dit moment ervaren wij geen verstoringen in ons systeem", aldus Rijnstate. Het ziekenhuis heeft uit voorzorg een verbinding met systemen van huisartsen dichtgezet, omdat daar het probleem zou zitten.
Het Slingeland Ziekenhuis in Doetinchem heeft voor de zekerheid "de verbindingen naar systemen van andere zorgverleners preventief afgesloten. Hierdoor is het tijdelijk niet mogelijk om digitale verwijzingen te versturen of dossiers van andere zorginstellingen digitaal te raadplegen."
Ook Frisius MC meldt het incident. "Ons ziekenhuis in Heerenveen gebruikt het elektronisch patiƫntendossier van ChipSoft, maar is niet getroffen door dit incident. Uw gegevens zijn veilig", benadrukt het ziekenhuis. De vestiging in Leeuwarden gebruikt een ander systeem.
Ziekenhuis Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Amsterdam gebruikt de systemen van ChipSoft ook voor de dossiers van patiƫnten. "Op dit moment ervaren wij geen verstoringen in onze systemen en de zorg aan onze patiƫnten gaat gewoon door. Dit betekent dat alle afspraken, behandelingen en opnames doorgaan", meldt het ziekenhuis dinsdagavond.
Ziekenhuis Tergooi MC in Hilversum heeft de dienst voor patiƫnten, Mijn Tergooi, tijdelijk uitgezet. Ook de koppelingen met andere diensten, zoals Beter Dichtbij en de Gezondheidsmeter, zijn tijdelijk afgesloten. "We kunnen nog niet aangeven hoe lang dit gaat duren", meldt het Tergooi in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag.
Het Rotterdamse ziekenhuis Franciscus is naar eigen zeggen niet getroffen. "De software van ChipSoft die wij gebruiken draait in een afgesloten en goed beveiligde omgeving", laat de organisatie weten. "U kunt uw dossier nog steeds veilig bekijken via MijnFranciscus. Uw gegevens zijn veilig." Volgens Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT) in Almelo en Hengelo zijn er geen aanwijzingen dat systemen daar zijn getroffen.
ChipSoft en Z-CERT waren dinsdagavond niet bereikbaar. De website van ChipSoft werkte niet.
JERUZALEM (ANP/RTR) - Israƫl maakt deel uit van het twee weken durende staakt-het-vuren met Iran, melden de Israƫlische staatsomroep Kan en CNN op basis van een hoge functionaris van het Witte Huis.
CNN meldt echter op basis van een functionaris dat Israƫl zich zorgen maakt over het tijdelijke bestand. Volgens de bron zal Israƫl zich aan het staakt-het-vuren houden maar doet het dit met tegenzin.
"Israƫl heeft nog steeds meer doelwitten op zijn lijst en meer doelen die het graag zou willen bereiken door middel van militaire actie in Iran", aldus de bron.
Met manlief een paar dagen in Spanje. We vertoeven er vaker en hij is druk bezig met Duolingo om de taal te leren. Bij onze lokale tapasbar strijken we neer op het terras.
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Hasn't released it to the public, because it would break the internet - in a bad way
For years, the infosec communityās biggest existential worry has been quantum computers blowing away all classical encryption and revealing the worldās secrets. Now they have a new Big Bad: an AI model that can generate zero-day vulnerabilities.ā¦
Your PLCs aren't internet-connected, right? Right?!
Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.ā¦
Also asserts it can beat Cisco's homebrew hypervisor for calling apps
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But -- and just hear me out here -- the American voters did resummon Nyarlathotep because enough of us remain enthralled by his unfettered madness, wanton cruelty, and nonsensical brinkmanship. This is classic Negotiating 101 courtesy of the Faceless God himself! Sure, he may have kicked it up a notch from "sheer madness" to "abject depravity," but that's for the pundits to debate.
That said, yes, it seems like the promise to "fill every womb with salt and every testicle with spiders" is sort of backfiring. People don't respond well to that type of unprompted threat, and his immovable, hulking form appears to have finally met an immovable object. It's a little ironic that the "immovable object" in this metaphor is reality itself, but I'll take the poetic flourishes where I can these days. You can never have too much light in these dark times.
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