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Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users "into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad," as reported earlier by The Register.

Clicking the link would "launch unverified protocols,"

Deals have been admittedly pretty dry since the holidays, but now that February is in full swing, we’re starting to see strong discounts return across a range of categories. In fact, thanks to Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, and — as of this week — Presidents Day, retailers are once again offering a slew of notable tech deals, making now a great time to shop if you’ve been holding off on

FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in backend systems." This claim has many home security camera users asking an uncomfortable question: Is your data

• Meta launched Dear Algo on Threads for feed customization.
• Users can request that specific content be visible on Threads for three days.
• Threads' new feature highlights Meta's AI ambitions amid rising user engagement.

Threads, Meta's X-like social network, rolled out a feature that lets users tell the app's algorithm what they want to see more or less of in

Threads users have been complaining about its recommendation algorithm pretty much since the beginning of the platform. At some point, this turned into a meme, with users writing posts jokingly addressed to the algorithm in which they requested to see more posts about the topics they're actually interested in.

Now, Meta is turning those "Dear algorithm" posts into an official feature that it says

Threads now lets users in the US adjust what is recommended in their feed by writing "Dear Algo" in a post and explaining what they're looking for. The feature is part of a bigger push across Meta's platforms to give users more control over the types of posts that are recommended to them.

Dear Algo was inspired by users making posts with the phrase to try to influence what they see before

• Software veteran Steve Yegge wrote the book "Vibe Coding."
• Now, he thinks AI will lead Big Tech companies to cut 50% of engineers, he told The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter.
• Yegge said engineers shouldn't despair: There are still jobs, just for those willing to be

Ableton is rolling out the Live 12.4 Beta with a number of new features, but the headliner is Link Audio, which enables real-time collaboration between devices on a local network. Having to be on the same network is a serious limitation and, as the name implies, Link

• An AI CEO wrote a viral essay warning that AI will change society more than COVID-19 did.
• Hyperwrite CEO Matt Shumer said AI can now replace his technical work, and AI will disrupt move than engineers.
• As of Wednesday morning, Shumer's post had 40 million views and 18,000 retweets.

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