Cloudflare acquires VoidZero, maker of the Vite JavaScript toolchain

Cloudflare Inc. today said it has acquired VoidZero Inc., the open-source company behind Vite and the widely used JavaScript ...
The Hacker News

New FROST Attack Lets Websites Track What Sites and Apps You Open via SSD Timing

FROST uses JavaScript and OPFS SSD timing to identify websites at 88.95% F1, exposing cross-browser privacy leaks.

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

Now sites have a new way to spy on their visitors: measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique ...

Security News This Week: Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming

Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite ...
ExtremeTech

Websites Can Now Peek at Your SSD to See What Else You're Up To

There's reportedly a new way for websites to spy on visitors: by monitoring how their computers' SSDs behave. The technique is called FROST, short for "fingerprinting remotely using OPFS‑based SSD ...

Black Girls Code and GoldieBlox Launch a New Season of Code Along to Expand AI Literacy for Girls Ready to Build What’s Next

From coding songs and exploring the intersection of dance, STEM, and AI, Code Along Season 5 shows girls how technology ...

Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity

The method, known as FROST – short for "fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing" – focuses on how different processes compete for storage access. That competition ...

Anthropic calls for global slowdown in AI race to weigh societal implications

The concerns put forward by Anthropic echo those of Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered the neural network research that would ...