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The patching treadmill: Why traditional application security is no longer enough
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (1651+ words) For all the time I've spent exercising on treadmills, I've always found them faintly demoralizing. You thump-thump-thump over and over again, but get nowhere. It's a lot of effort. You always work up a bit of a sweat, but ultimately…...
10 trillion downloads are crushing open-source repositories - here's what they're doing about it
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (488+ words) The world runs on open-source software. We all know that. But did you know that companies download over 10 trillion (that's trillion with a T) open-source code files every year? According to software security provider Sonatype, they do --and the file repository…...
Your Claude agents can 'dream' now - how Anthropic's new feature works
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (373+ words) AI agents seem to get new capabilities almost every day. Now, Anthropic says its agents can dream." Claude Managed Agents, which Anthropic released on April 8, lets anyone using the Claude Platform create and deploy AI agents. The suite of APIs…...
Wix vs. Squarespace: I compared two of the top website builders, and this one wins
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (1417+ words) I spent an entire afternoon building the exact same website on Wix and Squarespace. Same business, same goals, same afternoon. And within the first 10 minutes on each platform, I already knew which one I'd pick. Also: The best website builders…...
The rise and risks of agent management platforms
1+ week, 1+ day ago (928+ words) Enterprises worldwide have 28. 6 million active agents, a figure forecast to exceed 2. 2 billion by 2030, according to Statista. Also: These top 30 AI agents deliver a mix of functions and autonomy Agentic AI is transforming the nature of work in all industries. This…...
The 5 myths of the agentic coding apocalypse
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1795+ words) There are two prevailing narratives about vibe coding. The first is that you can write a single sentence, and the AI will give you back a million-dollar app. The second is that since the AI is writing all the code,…...
Building an agentic AI strategy that pays off - without risking business failure
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1744+ words) Imagine you're a chief executive. Your AI strategy task force has just presented you with two strategic options. The first one is safe. You can use agentic AI to reduce overhead and save 10% of overall human capital costs. The second…...
I tested GPT-5. 4 Thinking, and it gave me great answers (until I dove deeper)
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1809+ words) It's a new month, and a new AI version number. It's called GPT-5. 4 Thinking. This latest release, which Open AI issued last week, isn't your run-of-the-mill Chat GPT incremental update. Also: Open AI's new GPT-5. 4 clobbers humans on pro-level work…...
How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (858+ words) With open-source software running pretty much everything, you might think that multiple developers maintain most of the important programs with help from corporate sponsors. You'd be wrong. As Josh Bressers, VP of security at software supply-chain company Anchore, pointed out…...
Anthropic's new Claude Security tool scans your codebase for flaws - and helps you decide what to fix first
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1048+ words) Anthropic has announced Claude Security, a new defensive cybersecurity product. Right now, it's available in public beta to Enterprise-tier Claude users, with availability "coming soon" to Claude Team and Max-tier users. Also: Apple, Google, and Microsoft join Anthropic's Project Glasswing…...