Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers recently discovered a Windows code-execution vulnerability that has the potential to…

Canada’s competition tribunal approves Rogers’ $14.77B bid to acquire Shaw, saying the deal is “not likely to prevent or lessen competition substantially” (Reuters)

Reuters: Canada’s competition tribunal approves Rogers’ $14.77B bid to acquire Shaw, saying the deal is “not…

Make your noisy recording sound like pro audio with Adobe’s free AI tool

Enlarge / Adobe’s Enhance Speech service can remove background noise from certain voice recordings. (credit: Adobe)…

Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary markets, compounding a fall in valuations, amid layoffs and a slow IPO market (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary…

Raspberry Pi 5 not arriving in 2023 as company hopes for a “recovery year”

Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said in a recent interview that next year is a time…

Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid testimonials but not risks or side effects (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses,…

Kremlin-backed hackers targeted a “large” petroleum refinery in a NATO nation

Enlarge / Fawley Oil Refinery on a bright day. (credit: Getty Images) One of the Kremlin’s…

A profile of Senegal-based Wave, Francophone West Africa’s only unicorn and the first non-telco, non-bank offering mobile money services in eight countries (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A profile of Senegal-based Wave, Francophone West Africa’s only unicorn and the first non-telco, non-bank…

“Please slow down”—The 7 biggest AI stories of 2022

Enlarge / AI image synthesis advances in 2022 have made images like this one possible, which…

Study: programmers who use AI tools like GitHub Copilot produce less secure code than those who don’t while making them believe their code has no safety issues (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Study: programmers who use AI tools like GitHub Copilot produce less…