SpaceX has finalized a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor, the AI coding startup, in a move to bring agentic coding tooling in-house for its software and avionics work. It's one of the largest software acquisitions on record and folds a fast-growing dev-tools company into Musk's orbit just after SpaceX's record IPO.
A developer walks through a fake LinkedIn recruiter pitch whose 'take-home' coding task shipped an obfuscated backdoor — a North-Korea-style supply-chain lure aimed at engineers. He reverse-engineers the payload and shows exactly how it tries to exfiltrate credentials and crypto wallets.
A Reuters investigation finds utilities and data-center developers fast-tracking new gas and grid capacity for AI buildouts through expedited permitting that sidesteps the usual public review. Ratepayers and neighbors often learn about the plants only after approval.
The Rust peer-to-peer networking library Iroh hit 1.0: instead of dialing IP addresses, you dial a public key and Iroh handles NAT traversal, relays, and direct connections under the hood. The release commits to a stable API and protocol.