MIRO: Multi-reward conditioned pretraining for text-to-image diffusion (ICML 2026)
MultI-Reward cOnditioned pretraining improves T2I quality and efficiency
Nicolas Dufour, Lucas Degeorge, Arijit Ghosh, Vicky Kalogeiton, David Picard. MIRO: MultI-Reward cOnditioned pretraining impr… [+18935 chars]
Collecting bitcoin for safe passage while also collecting bitcoin for insurance in case the safe passage doesn't work out.
According to reports out of Iran, the country is launching an insurance program for vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz that will pay out claims via Bitcoin. This follows a previously anno… [+4532 chars]
The UAE’s designation of 16 Hezbollah-linked individuals and five affiliated organizations mirrors prior US Treasury sanctions targeting the broader web of financial, accounting, and institutional entities connected to Hezbollah’s economic ecosystem.
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A branch of the Hezbollah-affiliated financial institution Al Qard Al Hassan in Lebanon. (@lebanondebate on X)
On May 12, the United Arab Emirates official news agency, Emirates News Agency, announc… [+16303 chars]
Donald Trump has had an amazing run of success as an international businessman since becoming president for a second time. He’s made billions in crypto, traded stocks successfully, and unveiled new locations for an array of Trump-branded real estate projects—…
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On May 20, 2026, Amazon is slapping long-time Kindle users in the face. In mere days, devices older than 2012 will be barred from the Kindle store. That means no…
On May 20, 2026, Amazon is slapping long-time Kindle users in the face. In mere days, devices older than 2012 will be barred from the Kindle store. That means no new books, and if you happen to log o… [+10539 chars]
Security guardrails for AI agents — input filtering, prompt injection detection, and output validation
Security guardrails for AI agents prompt injection detection, PII filtering, and output validation
Protect your AI agents from prompt injection, PII leaks, and toxic content. Drop-in guardrails for … [+4432 chars]
A recent survey revealed 10 key insights on AI adoption in networking. Research shows network professionals currently use AI for automation, threat detection and optimization.
No matter the level, most network professionals feel the same way about AI. From networking architects to day-to-day engineers, network professionals experience the same struggles and successes with … [+7762 chars]
"Never-ending" AI slop strains corporate hacking reward schemes.
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Anthropic will reportedly meet with financial regulators about cyber defense weaknesses uncovered by its artificial intelligence model. The AI startup agreed to meet with members of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to discuss Anthropic’s Mythos model, the …
Anthropic will reportedly meet with financial regulators about cyber defense weaknesses uncovered by its artificial intelligence model.The AI startup agreed to meet with members of the Financial Stab… [+2150 chars]
Spotify was offline for a few hours earlier this month, with users reporting the app and web player inaccessible.
<ul><li>Spotify experienced a widespread outage on May 12 2026, affecting apps, web players, and support services for several hours</li><li>The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq‑313 Team claimed respo… [+2707 chars]
Secure your ASP.NET Core Web APIs! Learn best practices for authentication, authorization, HTTPS, input validation, rate limiting, and cloud-native security techniques.
Security is one of the most important aspects of modern application development. As APIs become the backbone of web applications, cloud-native systems, mobile platforms, AI applications, SaaS product… [+14576 chars]
A strong open-world Gotham and trademark slapstick humour powers a fantastic plastic parody of the Caped Crusader's greatest hits. Our review of Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.
Parody, when done correctly, can be one of the sharpest, funniest ways to show your love for something. That task comes a little bit easier, and all the more richer, when the target in your sights is… [+13501 chars]
There's something that really stood out for me as someone in the UK who collected American comics at the end of the 1980s. It's that each new comic you got was a doorway to a world of absolute chaos and gimmickry. I'm not talking about the comic stories thems…
An endless parade of references and gags that's difficult to resist.
There's something that really stood out for me as someone in the UK who collected American comics at the end of the 1980s. It's t… [+9942 chars]
Once-speculative concerns about the technology have now become pressing matters.
AI has ascended to the role of main character. When Donald Trump traveled to Beijing for an historic summit last week, AI was one of the central topics of his discussions with Xi Jinping. As the two … [+8232 chars]
New 1,000 oz, four-nines silver contract expands Abaxx’s precious metals product suite TORONTO and SINGAPORE, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastr…
Adaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by providing a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and digital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados a… [+5610 chars]
Abaxx Exchange will launch Abaxx Silver Singapore futures, a 1,000 oz, four-nines silver contract for the industrial silver market on May 22, 2026....
TORONTO and SINGAPORE, May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (Abaxx or the Company), a financial software and market infrastructure company and majority sh… [+8716 chars]
Michael Stiefel spoke to Baruch Sadogursky about software architecture in the age of agentic AI. LLM can function, albeit stochastically, as reasoning machines capable of interpreting human ambiguity. With the appropriate rigorous context artifacts to control…
<ul><li>Making software specifications the source of truth is now possible because we have a reasoning agent in a Large Language Model that can interpret human ambiguity. The problem is that because … [+46311 chars]
The research community was awarded $1.3m as it found dozens of novel vulnerabilities at Pwn2Own Berlin
Security researchers were awarded close to $1.3m after discovering 47 zero-day vulnerabilities at Pwn2Own Berlin.
The three-day event, held between May 14 and May 16 and sponsored by TrendAI’s Zero … [+2182 chars]
The UK’s financial authorities have set expectations for the sector on cybersecurity and operational resilience
The UK’s financial services firms must take active steps to manage the cybersecurity risks stemming from frontier AI, the UK government, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Bank of England… [+2817 chars]
MiniPlasma: a Windows SYSTEM privilege escalation believed patched in 2020 (CVE-2020-17103) is still fully working on every patched Windows 11. Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows privilege…
Chaotic Eclipse discloses MiniPlasma zero-day, suggesting a missing or undone 2020 Windows security fix
Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a … [+12000 chars]
Network service providers are deploying artificial intelligence-powered tools for network admin tasks. Gartner looks at how AI is being used
In 2024, nearly all the service providers Gartner profiled in its Magic Quadrant for global WAN services report and the Magic Quadrant for managed network services report said they had started levera… [+8033 chars]
News and announcements from the Python community for the week of May 18th, 2026
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00:00 Hello and welcome to Python Bytes, where we deliver Python news and headlines directly to your earbuds.
00:06 This is episode 480, recorded May 18th, 2026.
00:12 I'm Mich… [+37021 chars]
A set of utilities and tools for rom hacking and translations.
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A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations.
According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to cor…
A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations.
According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and C… [+4394 chars]
A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being ac…
Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026-42945
A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9.2), is already being ac… [+3084 chars]
