How I stopped a massive WordPress spam attack with 4,700 lines of code in two days - thanks to Codex and Claude

Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.

Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every ...

Oracle set to open up MySQL - but will it be everything developers wish for?

Oracle was previously slated over how it handled MySQL – the company now has a new plan to involve the community.
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HamsterOS Crams Complete Graphical Desktop Onto 1.44 MB Floppy

It’s not every day that there’s a new OS in the works for 386 and 486-era hardware, but [John Swiderski] let us know he ...
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College Basketball Rankings: Coaches Poll Top 25 sees shake up as March Madness brackets are set

The USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll Top 25 has been updated following conference tournament weekend and Selection Sunday, with the field for the NCAA Tournament now officially set. The ...