Researchers uncovered a new supply chain attack targeting the npm registry that impacted over 40 packages belonging to multiple maintainers. Security researchers at Socket uncovered a malicious update to @ctrl/tinycolor, a package with 2.2M weekly downloads on npm. While investigating the case, they discovered it was linked to a larger supply chain attack that compromised […]

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Chatbot will “default to the under-18 experience” when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.

Editor’s note: This issue of Regulator was sent to subscribers prior to the release of the indictment against Tyler Robinson. Though we have more hints about Robinson’s motives, what follows is still accurate about the videogame-referencing memes being a red herring. Hello and welcome to Regulator. For a moment, the fatal shooting of conservative activist […]

Google’s experimental app is an upgrade over Microsoft’s Windows search.

Previous research pointed to climate change as the main driver of permafrost explosions in Siberia, but a new study offers a more nuanced explanation.

Consumer Reports is calling on Microsoft to extend the October 14th deadline that will cut off free security updates for Windows 10 computers. In a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Consumer Reports says the move will “strand millions of consumers” who have machines incompatible with Windows 11. As noted by Consumer Reports, data suggests […]

The thief is still at large, and no one was physically harmed during the bizarre robbery at the Paddlefish Restaurant.