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If you've ever wondered whether that chatbot you're using knows the entire text of a particular book, answers are on the way. Computer scientists have developed a more effective way to coax memorized content from large language models, a development that may address regulatory concerns while helping to clarify copyright infringement claims arising from AI model training and inference.…

Microsoft has acknowledged in a support article that major Windows 11 core features including the Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and System Settings break after applying monthly cumulative updates released on or after July 2025.

The problems stem from XAML component issues that affect updates beginning with July's Patch Tuesday release (KB5062553). The failures occur during first-time user logins after cumulative updates are applied and on non-persistent OS installations like virtual desktop infrastructure setups. Microsoft lists Explorer.exe crashes, shellhost.exe crashes, StartMenuExperienceHost failures and System Settings that silently refuse to launch among the symptoms. The company provided PowerShell commands and batch scripts as temporary workarounds that re-register the affected packages. Both Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 share the same codebase and are affected. Microsoft said it is working on a fix but did not provide a timeline.

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Google confirmed in a statement Friday that hackers have stolen the Salesforce-stored data of more than 200 companies in a large-scale supply chain hack. TechCrunch reports: On Thursday, Salesforce disclosed a breach of "certain customers' Salesforce data" -- without naming affected companies -- that was stolen via apps published by Gainsight, which provides a customer support platform to other companies.

In a statement, Austin Larsen, the principal threat analyst of Google Threat Intelligence Group, said that the company "is aware of more than 200 potentially affected Salesforce instances." After Salesforce announced the breach, the notorious and somewhat-nebulous hacking group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, which includes the ShinyHunters gang, claimed responsibility for the hacks in a Telegram channel, which TechCrunch has seen.

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Adam Marshall spent more than a decade developing Kingdoms of the Dump while working as a custodian at a school in suburban Philadelphia, cleaning floors and hauling trash bags from 3 PM to 11 PM before coming home to work on his turn-based role-playing game until 5 or 6 AM. The game, which Bloomberg has called "one of the year's most charming RPGs," came out on Tuesday after Marshall and his childhood friend Matt Loiseau -- also a janitor -- built it using RPG Maker alongside a small team of hobbyists who mostly worked for free.

The pair launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2019 that raised $76,560, but the pandemic disrupted their plans and forced them to lose contractors and rethink their approach. Marshall maintained this schedule for five years straight before quitting his custodial job last year to finish the game full-time. Kingdoms of the Dump has sold about 7,000 copies since its release. The game stars a walking trashcan named Dustin Binsley who adventures through landfills and sewers in a world made entirely of garbage.

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Thunderbird Pro has moved its Thundermail email service into production testing as the open-source email client's subscription bundle of additional services prepares for an Early Bird beta launch at $9 per month that will include email hosting, encrypted file sharing through Send, and scheduling via Appointment.

Internal team members are now testing Thundermail accounts and the new Thunderbird Pro add-on automatically adds Thundermail accounts for users who sign up through it. The project migrated its data hosting from the Americas to Germany and the EU.

Appointment received a major visual redesign being applied across all three services while Send completed an external security review and moved from its standalone add-on into the unified Thunderbird Pro add-on. The new website at tb.pro is live for signups and account management.

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En nu allemaal naar het balkon voor een welgemeend applaus richting Japan: de bazen van Nintendo. Ze werken zich allemaal dood (geen idee) met hun baan in de Bijlmerbajes maar dan heb je ook wat. Al ja-ren-lang geeft Japan ons het allerbeste: hentai, bukkake, ahegao, Keisuke Honda en Nintendo. En dat in een tijd dat iedereen loopt te zeiken dat kinderen weer eens wat meer moeten gaan voetballen. Nou mooi niet, COMPUTEREN. Hierrrrrr kleine Fluffer, neem een Nintendo. Vandaag in 1990, precies 35 jaar geleden, kwam uit: de Super Nintendo. En laten we elkaar geen mietjes noemen: de SNES is de beste gameconsole aller tijden, of toch zeker de beste Nintendo-console. Niet meer dat blokkerige van de NES, een grotere stap vooruit dan de Nintendo 64 daarna. En WAT een spellen makkers. Street Fighter II, Prince of Persia, Super Mario Kart, Super Punch Out, Kirby Super Star, het fenomenale Donkey Kong Country, Turtles IV, sowieso alles van Konami, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario World lieve mensen hou toch op, Final Fantasy III / VI, er komt gewoon: geen einde aan. Het duikt allemaal nog op op Marktplaats en anders koopt u maar zo'n retro ding.

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Het zal je maar gebeuren: Dat je als gerenommeerd socioloog die toevallig Joods is en daarnaast toevallig afkomstig uit een land dat voor Joden nu eenmaal een zeldzame veilig haven is, je mag komen spreken op een universiteit in Rotterdam zoals je op zoveel universiteiten spreekt, tot je plots hoort dat je afkomst voor medewerkers van die universiteit in Rotterdam 'niet comfortabel' is en je daarom toch niet mag komen. Het overkwam Eva Illouz vorige maand. Nogal vreemd, maar helaas geen uitzondering meer in dit moreel verwarde land vol moreel verwarde instellingen. Gelukkig zegt de Erasmus Universiteit nu ook zelf dat het een nogal vreemd besluit was om de uitnodiging voor Illouz in te trekken. Sterker nog, ze hebben spijt en haben es nicht gewusst erkennen dat het niet had mogen gebeuren. Illouz mag nu alsnog naar Rotterdam komen om 'een masterclass te helpen organiseren over academische vrijheid'. We hopen dat de bestuurders van het Erasmus goed zullen opletten. Campusbezetting in 3, 2 1...

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De afgelopen nacht omvergetrokken focusflitser in Oud-Alblas is niet de enige flitspaal die in onze regio controleert of je met je telefoon in je hand rijdt. In totaal staan er in onze regio drie. Het is de bedoeling dat het er steeds meer worden. "Afleiding is een van de drie hoofdoorzaken van ongevallen en op dat vlak is de mobiel natuurlijk de nummer één."

Gaat het Nationaal Vuurwerk wel of niet door? Het was een vraag die maandenlang steeds een ander antwoord had, maar met onder andere de financiële steun van burgemeester Carola Schouten is het toch gelukt. De grote vuurwerkshow op de Erasmusbrug in Rotterdam tijdens de jaarwisseling gaat door. "Ik vond dat we alle wegen moesten uitlopen om het toch voor elkaar te krijgen."

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Hoewel de Stereophonics hier al wel voorbij zijn gekomen in lijstjes, zoals Beste Live Album (‘Live From Dakota’) en Beste Covers (‘Handbags & Gladrags’), kan ik de band niet terugvinden tussen de Closing Times.

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In the Karakoram Range on the northeastern border of Pakistan, a group of Indigenous women and girls is defying conventions with a seemingly simple pastime: soccer.

The Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League is a bastion of independence and autonomy amid a traditionally conservative environment. “In our culture, girls were brought up to be brides,” says Karishma, the co-founder of the league, in a short documentary about the movement. “Everybody doesn’t want to be a princess.”

Titled “Girls Move Mountains,” the striking film is by Anna Huix, who visits this remote region and tags along with members of the Wakhi people as they practice and compete. As Huix shows, soccer is much more than a game for participants, who put themselves at risk in order to play. “As a child, Karishma faced harassment for wearing soccer attire, and as a woman, she battles online bullying from aggressive crowds challenging the rights of girls in the mountains,” the Barcelona-based filmmaker writes.

While news clips highlight the backlash against the league, we also see Karishma’s grandmother, who supports the women and shares that she would have played the game had it been available to her.

If you’re in New York, you can see “Girls Move Mountains” at a screening for Dumbo Film Festival. Find more of Huix’s work on her website and Instagram. You also might enjoy Celia D. Luna’s portraits of these skateboarders.

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