Security Boulevard

Invisible Threats: Source Code Exfiltration in Google Antigravity

Source Code Exfiltration in Google Antigravity‍TL;DR: We explored a known issue in Google Antigravity where attackers can ...
Hosted on MSN

The secret Python switch: How one flag makes your scripts run faster

When you're trying to get the best performance out of Python, most developers immediately jump to complex algorithmic fixes, using C extensions, or obsessively running profiling tools. However, one of ...

Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk Earlier this week, Dan ...
Microsoft

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On: Building an MCP Server with VS Code AI Toolkit's New Tool Catalog

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

Using an AI coding assistant to migrate an application from one programming language to another wasn’t as easy as it looked. Here are three takeaways.

Three Easy Ways to Scrape YouTube Comments Efficiently

You can learn to scrape YouTube comments by following these three proven methods. This article provides clear instructions ...
wjla

District officials to figure out next steps after Congress blocks tax code changes

WASHINGTON (7News) — District officials are figuring out next steps after the Senate passed legislation preventing the D.C. Council from opting out of more than a dozen tax provisions from the One Big ...
WUSA

Senate votes to block DC's tax code, but Chairman Mendelson says Congress review period has expired

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block the DC Council's decision to divorce from some of the tax breaks included in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful bill. The 49-47 vote ...
Wired

I Tried H&R Block’s Assisted and DIY Tax Services. Here’s Who’ll Benefit From It

Filing taxes is a pain. Here’s how H&R Block DIY and Assisted performed against other services I tested. I've been through the wringer with my taxes the past couple of years. Last year, I was a ...
Variety

Indian Author Arundhati Roy Pulls Out of Berlinale Over Jury’s ‘Unconscionable’ Refusal to Comment on Gaza: ‘To Hear Them Say That Art Should Not Be Political Is Jaw ...

The pushback from Berlinale jury head Wim Wenders when it came to answering questions about politics sparked no shortage of headlines and outrage on the opening day of this year’s festival. It’s now ...
New York Post

Mamdani’s thin-skinned press secretary blocks social media comments — a clear First Amendment violation, critics say

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief mouthpiece Joe Calvello is blocking X users from commenting on his posts – a move outraged advocates called a clear First Amendment violation. The bearded lefty press ...