Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it

Alibaba's HDPO framework trains AI agents to skip unnecessary tool calls, cutting redundant invocations from 98% to 2% while ...
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Master conditional logic like a coding pro

Conditional logic is the decision-making backbone of programming, from C++ and Bash scripts to Excel formulas. Whether you’re checking file paths in shell scripts or tagging data in spreadsheets, ...

"Copy Fail" is a rare Linux bug that can turn an unprivileged user into a root admin in seconds

Copy Fail could represent a significant security risk in the making. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at ...

Why OpenAI's 'goblin' problem matters — and how you can release the goblins on your own

If OpenAI can accidentally train its flagship model to obsess over goblins, what other more subtle and potentially harmful ...
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I switched from VS Code's marketplace to Open VSX, and Microsoft's is the one falling behind

Truly open-source marketplace you can use with VSCodium.
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The federated computing platform that keeps your data secure

The federated computing platform Rhino FCP's Chris Laws in conversation with IoT Technology News, about the problem of ...
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This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
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Understanding Rebates: Definition, Types, and Comparison to Discounts

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...