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Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer

Laravel-Lang compromise tagged 700+ versions on May 22–23, 2026, triggering PHP stealers that exfiltrate credentials.

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May 23 • 5:51 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
The Team Behind The Flipper One Needs Your Help

You’ve probably heard of the Flipper Zero, a pocket-sized device that packs in lots of great hacking potential. The team behind it has now turned their efforts towards developing the Flipper …

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May 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
Florida's future Speakers line up behind Kevin Steele in CD 14

'Kevin Steele is a true Florida success story.'

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May 22 • 5:18 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
‘Hacks’ Bosses on Deborah’s Legacy Following Failed MSG Show

Plus, they reveal whether they really filmed in the famed venue or not.

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May 22 • 12:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
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Kash Patel's clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked

According to users on X, the website was hijacked by hackers in an attempt to trick visitors into installing malware.

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May 22 • 12:28 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Kash Patel’s personal merch site hacked to trick users into installing malware

FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal merchandise site went offline after a hack apparently tricked visitors into downloading malware.

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May 22 • 11:28 AM EDT • Technology • san.com
Savannah Guthrie & Al Roker Miss ‘Today’ After Surprise ‘Hacks’ Cameos

The 'Today' hosts appeared in the penultimate episode of the HBO Max comedy.

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May 22 • 10:38 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers

Flipper Devices said that the new gadget is in development and the base model will cost under $350

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May 21 • 9:25 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
The Company Behind the Flipper Zero Hacking Tool Is Making a Cyberdeck

Flipper co-founder Pavel Zhovner told Gizmodo he hopes to make PCs personal again.

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May 21 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Data breach on New York public health system claims 1.8M victims, leaking biometric data to hackers

First revealed in March, the incident was confirmed to be months long. NYC Health + Hospitals blamed the intrusion on an unnamed third-party vendor. Stolen data includes medical records, finger and palm prints, and location data from patients and workers alike.

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May 21 • 4:37 AM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Prominent PS5 Podcaster's Account Hacked, Social Engineering Concerns Amplified

Is nothing sacred?

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May 18 • 8:30 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Notable San Francisco Designer’s Napa Valley Ranch for Sale

Ken Fulk's restored ranch property in St. Helena boasts a two-bedroom cottage, entertainment barn, tent bungalows and a “Cowboy Shack.”

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May 18 • 4:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • sonomamag.com
Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical NGINX RCE Vulnerability in the Wild

Hackers are actively exploiting a newly disclosed critical NGINX heap buffer overflow flaw.

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May 18 • 12:43 PM EDT • Technology • cybersecuritynews.com
NYC Health and Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people

The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.

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May 18 • 12:32 PM EDT • Health • techcrunch.com
Most iconic barbecue restaurant in every state

From roadside shacks to barbecue institutions like Franklin Barbecue in Austin, here's the most iconic barbecue restaurant in every state.

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May 18 • 9:25 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Into The Unwell delayed to 2027, no longer Early Access

Coffee Stain Publishing and developer She Was Such A Good Horse have delayed “whack ‘n’ slash” cooperative roguelite action game Into The Unwell from its previously planned …

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May 18 • 9:13 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Wolves 1-1 Fulham

The so-called best players could not hack it in the Premier League so we will sell them and buy real quality to play in the Championship. If Mr Edwards can't design and motivate the team that will most likely form the nucleus of next season's offering, how do we think the results will be any different in the Championship? Fulham were stringing passes together when attacking but we struggled.

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May 18 • 6:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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I almost gave up on Google Calendar until this Gemini hack fixed my main gripe

Google Calendar gets better when I don't have to open it

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May 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
What Your Brain Is Actually Doing While You Doomscroll, According to Science

If you find yourself endlessly scrolling as you maneuver through the various landmines intent on detonating your attention span, it could mean that you have some kind of digital addiction problem. But it could also mean your mental focus is so strong that you’ve quietly figured out how to treat social media like an external […]

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May 17 • 2:30 AM EDT • Science • vice.com
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‘Never-ending’ AI slop strains corporate hacking reward schemes

‘Bug bounty’ programmes have seen a jump in spurious AI-generated submissions

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May 17 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • ft.com
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible

US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity.

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May 15 • 2:40 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Michigan Matters: Power Panel Dissects Huge Political Year
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May 15 • 10:15 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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10 Apple Shortcut Hacks Every iPhone User Should Know

Apple Shortcuts can unlock all kinds of new iPhone powers. Here are some of the best examples.

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May 15 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • lifehacker.com
University at Albany opens up campus, and science exploration, to district students

The semester may be over at the University at Albany but the campus is still buzzing with student learning – it just may not be the students you expect. Junior Falcon scientists from North Albany Middle School, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School and William S. Hackett Middle School presented their experiments, and findings, to professors and graduate students at UAlbany’s Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship (ETEC) Complex on Thursday. After the science fair, the sixth and seventh-graders explored ETEC – which houses researchers, educators and entrepreneurs – and the tour was followed by a discussion with a UAlbany atmospheric science researcher and the awards ceremony. Most will likely recognize one of the science fair judges – Damian participated in the project assessments and hopefully recruited some future Great Danes!

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May 14 • 3:16 PM EDT • Science • albanyschools.org
Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

A bustling underground ecosystem is providing criminals with the tools to unlock iPhones—and wage phishing attacks against their contacts to access bank accounts and more.

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May 14 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com
The war between businesses and hackers enters a perilous new phase

AI agents present novel dangers

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May 13 • 4:23 PM EDT • Business • economist.com
In a tough burger business, some chains are taking share

Sales among limited-service burger chains remain weak as consumers cut back on dining. But Culver's and Shake Shack are gaining ground

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May 13 • 2:04 PM EDT • Business • nrn.com
Calendar Pick: Weaver D’s Food & Entertainment Festival

Athens’ beloved soul food restaurant Weaver D’s Fine Foods closed its doors at the end of February, but the community will still come together in its name for Weaver D’s Food & Entertainment Festival. The festival theme is “Automatic For The People,” the restaurant’s famous slogan that put it on the map when R.E.M. used it as an album title in 1992. Attendees can enjoy a variety of food options, including but not limited to Londynn’s Lemonade, Taylor’s Treats and Ron & Sandra’s Fish Shack. Dexter Weaver, Weaver D’s owner, will also be serving the restaurant’s full menu. Entertainment will include the New Faith Tabernacle Male Chorus, Lavender House, Mr. Mister, The PRESHA Steppas, Old Gold Sport Peppers, Smackedass, Tonya […]

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May 13 • 12:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • flagpole.com
Can The Jumper Be Hacked? Inside Basketball's Next Arms Race

In the summer of 2024, during the WNBA’s Olympic break, several Atlanta Dream players who weren’t competing in Paris had gathered for a midseason training camp of sorts. Anyone watching would have seen what looked like a typical 3-on-3 scrimmage. In reality, it was anything but. The Dream weren’t playing in any ordinary gym, but…

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May 12 • 9:01 AM EDT • Technology • defector.com
AI-assisted hacking is already here, Google warns

Researchers have found the first known case of cybercriminals using AI to exploit a zero-day flaw.

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May 12 • 5:30 AM EDT • Technology • axios.com
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Another Gift To The World From CERN: Their Entire Set Of KiCad Libraries

As the foremost boffins of Europe toil deep underneath the border between Switzerland and France in their never-ending quest to truly understand the fabric of the Universe, they rely on a vast amou…

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May 12 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
Google thwarts suspected hacker attempt to use AI for large-scale exploitation

Google says it blocked hackers using AI to find a zero-day and bypass 2FA, amid Anthropic’s delayed Mythos launch.

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May 12 • 12:21 AM EDT • Technology • seekingalpha.com
Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for 'mass exploitation event'

Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic's powerful Mythos model.

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May 11 • 2:11 PM EDT • Technology • cnbc.com
Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI

Hackers are also targeting AI agents.

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May 11 • 12:09 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers

They should be fixed now. Hopefully.

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May 11 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation

Google identified the first malicious AI use for a zero-day 2FA bypass in an open-source admin tool, accelerating threat actor operations.

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May 11 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Google says hackers used AI to create zero day security flaw for the first time

The findings make clear that the race to use AI to find network vulnerabilities has “already begun,” said researchers.

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May 11 • 9:01 AM EDT • Technology • politico.com
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw

The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said.

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May 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware

Attackers are abusing Google Ads and legitimate Claude.ai shared chats in an active malvertising campaign. Users searching for "Claude mac download" may come across sponsored search results that list claude.ai as the target website, but lead to instructions that install malware on their Mac.

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May 10 • 1:52 PM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers, with the Windows payload found deploying a Python-based remote access trojan.

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May 9 • 3:27 PM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
Scientists just sent unhackable quantum keys across 120 kilometers

Scientists have taken a major step toward ultra-secure quantum communication by demonstrating a remarkably stable quantum encryption system that worked across more than 120 kilometers of optical fiber. Using tiny semiconductor quantum dots that emit single particles of light on demand, the team achieved one of the highest secure key rates yet for this type of technology while maintaining continuous operation for over six hours without manual adjustments.

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May 9 • 1:24 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Machining A Two-Stroke Engine Out Of Aluminium

Recently [Camden Bowen] took a swing at machining a two-stroke engine out of billet aluminium, following adventures in 3D printing such an engine, as well as building one out of parts largely sourc…

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May 9 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins

Tyrone Scott, who didn’t think he had a hope in the election, wants to help the Greens rebuild ‘community cohesion’ in Hackney

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May 9 • 12:38 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Art Can’t Compete With Politics in Venice or New York

Plus: Astrocartography, Michael Jackson, and a “hotspan” hack

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May 9 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
Gen Z teens are suddenly obsessed with hacky sacks

A Gen X college staple is the hottest trend sweeping high schools. It's the hacky sack. They're sold out all over.

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May 9 • 7:02 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Murfreesboro wants to sell land for $2.3M for entertainment venue

The Murfreesboro City Council, at its May 7 meeting, approved a purchase and sales agreement to sell 8.62 acres of land along Medical Center Parkway for $2.3 million to Hackberry 5 Properties, LLC for development of a large event venue and restaurant. The City-owned property, located south of Medical Center Parkway and east of Gateway

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May 8 • 11:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • mainstreetmediatn.com
This Week In Security: Another Linux Exploit, Ubuntu Knocked Offline, Finals Interrupted, And Backdoored Tools

After the CopyFail vulnerability gave root access from any user on almost all distributions last week, this week we’ve got DirtyFrag. This chains the vulnerability in CopyFail (xfrm-ESP) and …

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May 8 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower

I’m fine. Yarbo owners might not be.

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May 7 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Europe is unshackling business. But not enough

Why market liberals must win the battle for Brussels—and national capitals, too

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May 7 • 6:18 AM EDT • Business • economist.com
Who’s selling longevity? Biohackers are buying.

Several companies are currently positioning themselves at the crossroads of metabolic health and longevity

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May 6 • 10:10 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org
Google Chrome Is Silently Downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano AI Model to User Devices Without Consent

Google Chrome has been automatically downloading a 4GB folder of Gemini Nano AI weights to user devices without notification, and redownloads it if deleted.

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May 6 • 3:09 AM EDT • Technology • ghacks.net
‘The Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan Breaks Down His Meta ‘Hacks’ Appearance

Plus, he reveals celebrity fans, his thoughts on clowns, and more.

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May 4 • 6:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
U.S. government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.

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May 4 • 6:21 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Hacked, robbed, then banned: Canton business owner’s meta AI nightmare

A Canton small-business owner says he was hacked twice, had $950 stolen from his account and was then permanently banned from Facebook — accused of one of the most horrific crimes imaginable. Meta, he says, has done nothing to fix it.

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May 4 • 4:06 PM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
I tried this $5 laundry hack for a spotless shower — and the results have totally surprised me

It's transformed the way I clean my bathroom

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May 4 • 12:30 AM EDT • Technology • tomsguide.com
Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Monday, May 4, 2026

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Monday, May 4, 2026 with the theme “May the forest be with you,” read on.

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May 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • lifehacker.com
Hackaday Links: May 3, 2026

Software that collects public data from the Internet and uses it to provide half-assed answers to your questions might seem like a modern craze, but today we bid farewell to a website that helped p…

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May 3 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
"You need to be a hacker to use Windows": This free tool lets you rebuild Windows 11 without Copilot or any other AI

NTLite lets you strip AI features like Copilot and Recall from Windows 11, giving you back control over your PC.

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May 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Update Linux Now As 9-Year-Old Root Hack Confirmed, CISA Warns Users

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned users to update their Linux systems following the discovery of a 9-year-old root access vulnerability.

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May 3 • 8:28 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Handing out MLB's early awards: Best and worst of whacky opening month

MLB season is still young but the sample sizes are still getting smaller. Who's been the biggest surprises?

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May 3 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Sunday, May 3, 2026

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Sunday, May 3, 2026 with the theme “Something’s fishy,” read on.

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May 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • lifehacker.com
‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. 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Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Saturday, May 2, 2026

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Saturday, May 2, 2026 with the theme “All the right moves,” read on.

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May 2 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • lifehacker.com
30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via Google AppSheet Phishing Campaign

30,000 Facebook accounts hacked via AppSheet phishing emails, exploiting Meta lures, leading to large-scale account theft and resale.

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May 1 • 2:09 PM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Watch Out For Those Fees

Obviously, going to print with piddly retail squabbles is the stuff of hacks. But I’m hacky enough, and still stunned enough by the upselling tactics, that I just gotta share. I’ve previously noted that some power people here at Defector have occasionally suggested I try to write regularly about food, because they think I’m a…

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May 1 • 12:33 PM EDT • Technology • defector.com
Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-based operating system.

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May 1 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Subnautica 2's early access has chased a campervanning game about starting fires and hacking PCs into an earlier release

Campervanning game Outbound has moved its release date to avoid clashing with Subnautica 2's early access.

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May 1 • 7:49 AM EDT • Technology • rockpapershotgun.com
Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

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Apr 30 • 3:36 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
5 Simple Science-Backed Health Hacks Our Team Is Trying This Month
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Apr 30 • 11:13 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
5 Simple Diet and Health Hacks Our Team Is Trying This Month

Every month, our health team dissects the latest news, research and wellness trends. Here’s the one thing they were inspired to make a habit in their own routine.

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Apr 30 • 11:13 AM EDT • Health • today.com
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Transcribing The Source Of The First DOS For The IBM PC

Doing software archaeology can be a harrowing task, as rarely do you find complete snapshots of particular versions of software. Case in point the development of MS-DOS – also known as IBM PC…

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Apr 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
‘The energy behind these drugs has moved from the beatniks to biohackers’

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

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Apr 29 • 1:05 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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10 simple longevity hacks doctors and scientists use to stay healthy

Top longevity doctors, scientists, and investors share the simple, evidence-backed habits they use to stay healthy — from sleep and diet to exercise.

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Apr 29 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
10 simple longevity hacks doctors and scientists use to stay healthy

Top longevity doctors, scientists, and investors share the simple, evidence-backed habits they use to stay healthy — from sleep and diet to exercise.

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Apr 29 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • businessinsider.com
Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’

To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation - and can come at a deep emotional cost

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Apr 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Meet the Hack Law Professor Trying to Destroy the Fourteenth Amendment

You might not know his name, but you’ll certainly hate what he’s trying to do to our country.

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Apr 28 • 4:16 PM EDT • Politics • esquire.com
Denuvo Has Been Fully Cracked And 2K Is Fighting Back

Using a relatively new bypass technique, hackers claim to have effectively cracked all games using Denuvo protection software

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Apr 28 • 1:39 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
If it feels like the world is rejecting science and truth, here are five ways to fight back

All of us can choose to consider facts, not vibes, in our next decision. One simple hack is go and look up some easily accessible peer-reviewed studies, says science journalist and author Helen Pearson

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Apr 28 • 6:20 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Milkshakes, skin care, local crafts among items at new NJ businesses

Weyward Market is in Pompton Lakes. The Fountain Spa is in Hackensack. Sukoshi is at the Garden State Plaza. Milkshake factory is in Florham Park

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Apr 27 • 4:26 AM EDT • Business • northjersey.com
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Newcastle interested in signing Nicolas Jackson after Bayern Munich decide to end loan in summer

Mondays top stories include: Nottingham Forest want the Championships top man Hayden Hackney to replace Elliot Anderson; Arsenal are monitoring Brazil forward Endrick; Man Utd have added Atalanta star Ederson to their shortlist as they attempt to sign a replacement for Casemiro

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Apr 26 • 5:49 PM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
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I finally stopped fighting with spotty hotel Wi-Fi thanks to this Netflix USB hack

No more fighting slow hotel internet

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Apr 26 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
I asked ChatGPT for unconventional productivity hacks — these are the 3 that actually worked

Adopting unorthodox methods to boost my productivity

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‘But I’m lasting like 40 seconds or something’: Nikhil Kamath shares health hacks he swears by to stay in shape

From sleep to cold showers, expert decodes whether these popular wellness habits actually work.

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Apr 25 • 8:30 PM EDT • Health • indianexpress.com
I landed a job from a hack I found on Reddit

A job-seeker landed a role at a major retailer by using a free, AI hack she found on Reddit for locating recruiter emails.

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Apr 25 • 5:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Hackers Can Abuse Entra Agent ID Administrator Role to Hijack Service Principals

A flaw in Microsoft Entra let the Agent ID Administrator role hijack service principals and escalate tenant privileges.

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Apr 25 • 2:37 AM EDT • Technology • cybersecuritynews.com
ChatGPT's Latest Update Makes It Harder Than Ever to Spot AI-Generated Images

ChatGPT's latest image model, Images 2.0, is capable of generating highly realistic images.

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Apr 24 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • lifehacker.com
New ‘Pack2TheRoot’ flaw gives hackers root Linux access

A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or remove system packages and gain root permissions.

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Apr 24 • 1:28 PM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
Diving into the Messy Reality of Data

Students put their data science skills to the test in a weekend-long marathon

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Apr 24 • 11:18 AM EDT • Science • news.colby.edu
Hackers exploit file upload bug in Breeze Cache WordPress plugin

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress that allows uploading arbitrary files on the server without authentication.

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Apr 23 • 5:33 PM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
Innovators apply AI solutions to health systems problems at global hackathon | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

More than 12,000 people across the globe recently participated in the Health Systems Innovation Lab's Hackathon.

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Apr 23 • 11:35 AM EDT • Health • hsph.harvard.edu
UK Biobank data hacked and listed for sale in China

The data bank which contains medical data of 500,000 people said no personally identifiable information had been hacked.

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Apr 23 • 7:45 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
The ‘groundbreaking’ case of the cyber experts who allegedly broke bad and worked with criminals

US companies in the retail, hospitality and medical sectors trusted Angelo Martino to negotiate with hackers who were trying to extort them. Instead, he made the extortion worse, federal prosecutors allege.

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Apr 22 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Westfield whiskey seller to make way for indoor golf and entertainment venue

West Fork Whiskey Co. sells its hospitality and real estate assets to Stick & Hack, an indoor golf and social entertainment club in Indiana.

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Apr 21 • 7:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • wishtv.com
West Fork Whiskey sells Westfield venue to Stick and Hack Entertainment

Fishers-based Stick and Hack Entertainment LLC has acquired West Fork Whiskey Co.’s property in Westfield and plans to open a sports and entertainment venu at the site, the company announced Tuesday.

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Apr 21 • 11:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • insideindianabusiness.com
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West Fork Whiskey sells Westfield venue to Stick and Hack Entertainment

Fishers-based Stick and Hack plans to open a sports and entertainment facility at the site with two restaurants, three bars, an outdoor beer garden, and golf and racing simulators.

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Smartphone pickpockets can easily block access lost device location tools — here's the hack to stop them

Keep this tip in your back pocket instead of your phone.

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Apr 20 • 1:29 PM EDT • Technology • nypost.com
‘Where’s our proposal?’: Daniel Perez frustrated with inaction on property taxes by Gov. DeSantis, Senate

With no clear proposal from the Governor’s Office and time running short, Perez says it’s ‘tough to hear this rhetoric over and over again’ from DeSantis.

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Apr 20 • 12:40 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack

The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.

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Apr 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Small Business Excellence: PaddyShack Golf and Gaming Lounge

Fort Atkinson’s newest golf simulator bar, PaddyShack Golf and Gaming Lounge, is Thrive Economic Development’s Small Business Excellence award winner. The

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Apr 20 • 3:32 AM EDT • Business • biztimes.com
Rack Cage Generator Gets Your Gear Mounted

Sometimes, as hackers and makers, we can end up with messy lashed-together gear that is neither reliable nor tidy. Rackmounting your stuff can be a great way to improve the robustness and liveabili…

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