SSA’s core “logic” is also written largely in COBOL. This is the code that issues social security numbers, manages payments, and even calculates the total amount beneficiaries should receive for different services, a former senior SSA technologist who worked in the office of the chief information officer says. Even minor changes could result in cascading
Mozilla has fixed a security bug in its Firefox for Windows browser that was “being exploited in the wild.” In a brief update, Mozilla said it updated the browser to Firefox version 136.0.4 after identifying and fixing the new bug, tracked as CVE-2025-2857, which presents a “similar pattern” to a bug that Google patched in
According to a peer-reviewed paper published on March 12 in the journal Science, D-Wave claims to have performed a materials simulation that surpasses the capabilities of even the most advanced classical supercomputers. Specifically, D-Wave said its annealing quantum computer solved a difficult materials simulation problem that would take millions of years on the Frontier supercomputer
SAVE $35: As of March 28, Soundcore by Anker Space A40 earbuds are available for $44.99 at Amazon. That’s 44% off their regular price of $79.99 during the Amazon Spring Sale. I’ve tested enough budget earbuds to know the usual drill: decent sound, good battery life, and noise cancellation don’t usually come together at a
When Dario Amodei gets excited about AI—which is nearly always—he moves. The cofounder and CEO springs from a seat in a conference room and darts over to a whiteboard. He scrawls charts with swooping hockey-stick curves that show how machine intelligence is bending toward the infinite. His hand rises to his curly mop of hair,
President Trump is slapping 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States, including from our immediate North American neighbors. He’s also placed a 25% tariff on certain parts used to build cars. It’s a decision that will likely supercharge the cost of new and used cars, but it’s also a gift to Tesla,
Microsoft is adding two new AI reasoning agents to its Microsoft 365 Copilot suite: Researcher and Analyst. These AI agents are designed to streamline workflows by handling multi-step processes that typically require significant time and expertise. The tech giant introduced these reasoning agents, which Microsoft says are “first-of-their-kind,” as part of its continued push to
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier
What can I say about DoorDash to truly encapsulate what this company means to me? I could say it’s the father I never had; it’s the mother I’ve always wanted; the warm embrace of a friend you haven’t seen in a while; the sound of rain as you fall asleep… One of the greatest inventions
Krafton, South Korea’s gaming giant known for titles including PUBG: Battlegrounds and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14 million in an all-cash deal. On Friday, the South Korean gaming company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has acquired a “north of 75% stake” in