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On a square outside the metro station at Insurgentes, a crowd is gathering. It's four on four inside an enclosed pitch. One section of the local un-uniformed constabulary against another.

Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, attackers can hide malicious commands in repositories, README files, Makefiles, or other content consumed by AI agents. If executed — particularly in auto-approve or CI environments—the commands can steal credentials, compromise developer systems, or enable software supply chain attacks. According to researchers at Adversa AI, the 11 popular open source AI coding agents tested, only one successfully blocked all of the Bash trick techniques.

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No fewer than 83 asylum seekers were due to take up residence in 21 new homes worth £250,000 apiece that had initially been earmarked for much-needed social housing.

Foden was overlooked by current Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel for this summer's tournament after an indifferent season for his club.

The creator of a much-anticipated statue of two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has revealed he is using a 'stunt double' to help him recreate the 'gnarly' tennis star.

Angelina's latest role has seen her revisit past trauma and pour her pain into her performance, and in doing so she has been incredibly open about her personal development.

Issy Vine, 30, reached the settlement after suing her former employer for constructive dismissal, claiming a male colleague made a series of offensive remarks during a shift before following her home.

Judy Murray has revealed the secrets to maintaining her active lifestyle and how she stays in incredible shape.

Jobseekers at an Essex job centre have spoken out about the "brutal" search for work as the number of unemployed people across the UK has risen.

The Spice Girl, 52, commemorated 27 years of marriage by sharing a sweet snap planting a kiss on David in an Instagram post on Saturday.

Also performing on the day were the likes of OneRepublic and Ella Eyre, while the headline act was Maroon 5.

The hosts of Good Morning America lift the lid on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's top-secret wedding reception with details about Stevie Nicks' performance and the incredible decor.

The body of a young model still clutching her beloved dog has been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building following the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.

The Verge argues that researchers "have made genuine progress in quantum computing — it's just been largely incremental and too esoteric to immediately capture the public's imagination." And there are predictions that quantum computers will finally do something useful as soon as 2028: The drama can overshadow the real progress in quantum computing... Researchers have improved the qubits themselves, so they hold onto information longer. When they hold onto information longer, you can fit in more operations and do more complicated algorithms. Last November, Andrew Houck of Princeton University and his colleagues reported that they'd made a superconducting qubit that can hold onto information three times longer than the previous record holder... And in the last two years, researchers have made substantial strides in what's known as quantum error correction... In addition, researchers have developed algorithms to correct errors while the quantum computer operates... Microsoft claimed, which experts dispute, that it made an object made of electrons known as a Majorana particle [which should make fewer errors and be easier to scale up]... "We 100 percent stand behind our results. We stand by our roadmap," Microsoft's quantum lead, Chetan Nayak, responded in an interview with The Verge. In an email statement, he added that Microsoft's "papers do show that we are creating and controlling Majorana [particles]... Microsoft's supporting evidence is unconvincing [according to [Henry Legg, a physicist from the University of St. Andrews and a longtime Microsoft critic]Rnqyq. What it claimed as evidence of a Majorana particle, he says, could actually be due to quantum dots forming in its device. Quantum dots are electron-containing objects that are not useful for Microsoft's quantum computer. It also bases its claim on data from a single device, says Legg. He wants to see Microsoft replicate the results in multiple chips. "If you repeatedly try and find Jesus in your toast, eventually you'll find Jesus in your toast," he says. "But that one piece of toast doesn't mean you had some kind of epiphany." "While we appreciate the religious fervor, our data maintains the strength and consistency of our roadmap, as we have for the past several years across previous milestones. We look forward to delivering the world's first quantum machine and sharing the energy of our achievements with the world," wrote Nayak in response. Past spurious work from Microsoft-affiliated researchers adds to the doubt. In 2021, the journal Nature retracted an article from Microsoft-affiliated researchers in which they'd claimed strong experimental evidence that they'd created a Majorana particle. "Even hopeful experts have varying opinions about when a quantum computer will demonstrate something useful," the article acknowledges. But quantum computing lecturer Eleanor Crane of King's College London predicts researchers will have demonstrated a useful scientific simulation on a quantum computer by 2028. Thanks to Slashdot reader joshuark for sharing the article.

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A signalling system fault is causing disruption at Chelmsford affecting multiple train routes.

A signalling system fault is causing disruption at Chelmsford affecting multiple train routes.

The King reminded the president of 'our shared responsibility to protect the natural world' after Mr Trump's opposition to net zero policies.

He admitted to seven offences

I'd wasted my younger years loathing my body. All through high school, I was told that, yes, everyone wants to be thin, but you, Jo, are scrawny. Ugly. From 13 until 35, I hid my frame in baggy clothes.

They were coming - all four of them. Then, less than 24 hours later, the whole trip was up in the air. A briefing was issued, saying Harry was thinking twice about travelling to his homeland