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arstechnica.com - Dan Goodin - Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
Ars Technica

Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code…

bookriot.com - Rebecca Joines Schinsky - The Latest AI Publishing News
The Latest AI Publishing News
BOOK RIOT

The new robot overlords have been busy this week. Here's a look at the latest chaos in publishing: ⚖️ The $1.5 billion payout in the Anthropic copyright case is on hold as a federal judge seeks more information about objectors'…

searchengineland.com - Johnny Herge - How Google Discover publisher profiles work and why they matter
How Google Discover publisher profiles work and why they matter
Search Engine Land

Google introduced publisher follows and profile pages to Discover last year but the feature remains lightly documented and poorly understood. Since then, publisher profiles have started appearing more broadly across Discover for publishers…

futurism.com - Frank Landymore - Top Literary Magazine Offers Bizarre Response to Accusations That It Published an AI-Generated Short Story
Top Literary Magazine Offers Bizarre Response to Accusations That It Published an AI-Generated Short Story
Futurism

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The literary world is being torn asunder after a prestigious magazine was accused of publishing an AI-generated short story. Titled “The Serpent in the Grove,” the…

digg.com - will depue - Researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic publish papers defining quantitative metrics for faithfulness and monitorability in chain-of-thought reasoning by large language models · Digg
Researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic publish papers defining quantitative metrics for faithfulness and monitorability in chain-of-thought reasoning by large language models · Digg
Basic Intelligence

— Related OpenAI trace spans 125 pages with one insight labeled frightening. Original post @littmath @alkalinesec There's some great research from OpenAI and Anthropic here! https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18311 https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13702…

indianexpress.com - Aishwarya Khosla - Krishan Chopra, who held senior publishing roles, passes away
Krishan Chopra, who held senior publishing roles, passes away
The Indian Express

3 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Krishan Chopra, the publishing executive who brought presidents, central bank governors, and some of the most influential voices of contemporary India into print, passed away in New Delhi on…

techradar.com - Sead Fadilpašić - Mini Shai-Halud hackers publish over 600 compromised npm packages
Mini Shai-Halud hackers publish over 600 compromised npm packages
TechRadar

More than 600 malicious npm packages were published in a coordinated supply‑chain attack linked to TeamPCP's Shai‑Hulud campaign The attackers compromised ecosystems including TanStack, Mistral, and antv, introducing infostealers and…

jpost.com - ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA - Author Sally Rooney to issue Hebrew novel with BDS-complient Israeli publisher
Author Sally Rooney to issue Hebrew novel with BDS-complient Israeli publisher
The Jerusalem Post

Irish novelist Sally Rooney, who drew headlines in 2021 for refusing a Hebrew translation of one of her books, is now publishing her latest novel in Hebrew through an Israeli publisher approved by boycott activists. The Hebrew translation of…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - UK publisher EdCorp breaks cover after signing Garbage Country
UK publisher EdCorp breaks cover after signing Garbage Country
Game Developer

Former Coatsink founders and shareholders Eddie Beardsmore, Tom Beardsmore, Paul Crabb and Simon Launder have formed EdCorp, a new UK developer and indie publisher that will focus on bringing original and licensed titles to market. Notably, EdCorp…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Melrose Industries rises Wednesday, outperforms market
Melrose Industries rises Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Melrose Industries PLC MRO shares rallied 4.24% to £5.06 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.99% to 10,432.34. Melrose Industries PLC closed 26.10%…

indianexpress.com - Aishwarya Khosla - Heart Lamp, then Taiwan Travelogue: This not-for-profit published back-to-back International Booker winners
Heart Lamp, then Taiwan Travelogue: This not-for-profit published back-to-back International Booker winners
The Indian Express

The fact that a small not-for-profit publisher running out of a library in Sheffield won the prize rather than major London-based publishers is no small feat. Since the award took its current form in 2016, the publishers of the previous winners…

axios.com - Sara Fischer - Vox Media sells podcast business, some publishing brands to James Murdoch's firm
Vox Media sells podcast business, some publishing brands to James Murdoch's firm
Axios

Vox Media has agreed to sell its podcast business and some publishing assets to James Murdoch's investment firm Lupa Systems, the company announced Wednesday. Why it matters: The publishing giant has been eyeing opportunities for months to sell its…

searchenginejournal.com - Jason Konen - More Organic Search Traffic, More Ad Revenue: 4 Publishing Workflow Fixes That Bring Both
More Organic Search Traffic, More Ad Revenue: 4 Publishing Workflow Fixes That Bring Both
Search Engine Journal

This post was sponsored by WP Engine. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor's own. Why are we missing the SERP window on breaking stories we should be winning? How are smaller outlets ranking faster than us on the same news? Why is…

hollywoodreporter.com - Lexy Perez - Hulu Inks First-Look Deal With Romance Publisher 831 Stories, 'Big Fan' TV Adaptation Up First (Exclusive)
Hulu Inks First-Look Deal With Romance Publisher 831 Stories, 'Big Fan' TV Adaptation Up First (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter

Publisher 831 Stories has signed a first-look deal with Hulu for the streamer to develop series based on its books, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. The first project under the deal is a TV adaptation of Alexandra Romanoff's Big Fan…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - CCL Industries Inc. Cl B stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
CCL Industries Inc. Cl B stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of CCL Industries Inc. Cl B CCL.B advanced 1.96% to C$88.50 Wednesday, in what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 1.25% to 34,161.82. CCL Industries…

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